Therapeutic effect of modified oligopeptides from the beetle Allomyrina dichotoma on methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection in mice

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Volumn 67, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1005-1011

  Yamada, Manabu ^a   Nakamura, Kikuyasu ^a   Saido Sakanaka, Hisako ^b   Asaoka, Ai ^b   Yamakawa, Minoru ^b,c   Yamamoto, Yu ^a   Koyama, Yukari ^a   Hikosaka, Kenji ^a   Shimizu, Akira ^d   Hirota, Yoshikazu ^a,e  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^d KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allomyrina dichotoma; Defensin analogue; Histopathology; Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA); Mouse

Indexed keywords

OLIGOPEPTIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOG; DRUG EFFECT; KIDNEY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MORTALITY; MOUSE; PATHOLOGY; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PENIS; PHYSIOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; DOGS; KIDNEY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICE; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PENIS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ALLOMYRINA DICHOTOMA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COLEOPTERA; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 27744470421     PISSN: 09167250     EISSN: 13477439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1292/jvms.67.1005     Document Type: Article

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