Effect of trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole prophylaxis in AIDS patients on the formation of the small colony variant phenotype of Staphylococcus aureus

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 191-194

  Von Eiff, Christof ^a   Lubritz, Gabriele ^a   Heese, Christoph ^a   Peters, Georg ^a   Becker, Karsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

AIDs; Prophylaxis; SCVs; Small colony variants; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; COTRIMOXAZOLE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM COLONY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; NOSE SMEAR; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PNEUMOCYSTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 1542614041     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2003.10.010     Document Type: Article

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