Nisin, alone and combined with peptidoglycan-modulating antibiotics: Activity against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and vancomycin-resistant enterococci

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 731-734

  Brumfitt, W ^a   Salton, M R J ^b   Hamilton Miller, J M T ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACITRACIN; CECROPIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; MAGAININ DERIVATIVE; NISIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; RAMOPLANIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG POTENTIATION; ENTEROCOCCUS; IN VITRO STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; STANDARDIZATION; TECHNIQUE; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PHYSIOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STATISTICS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ENTEROCOCCUS; HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NISIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 0036848132     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkf190     Document Type: Article

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