Impact of elements containing glycopeptide resistance genes on expression of virulence in Enterococcus faecalis peritonitis: A pilot study with rats

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1560-1564

  Plantefeve, G ^a   Dupont, H ^a   Hubert, V ^a   Garry, L ^a   Pous C ^a   Carbon, C ^a   Montravers, P ^a  

^a BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPEPTIDE; OROSOMUCOID; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERITONEAL FLUID; PERITONITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; BODY WEIGHT; CELL COUNT; CYTOKINES; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GLYCOPEPTIDES; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; MALE; OROSOMUCOID; PERITONITIS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0038673588     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.47.5.1560-1564.2003     Document Type: Article

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