Characterisation of laboratory-generated vancomycin intermediate resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 201-211

  Bhateja, Pragya ^a   Purnapatre, Kedar ^a   Dube, Smita ^a   Fatma, Tasneem ^b   Rattan, Ashok ^a  

^a RANBAXY RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (India)

^b JAMIA MILLIA ISLAMIA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Lactams; mecA; norA; Phenotype; VISA

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEFPODOXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

AGAR MEDIUM; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; IN VITRO STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VANCOMYCIN INTERMEDIATE RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

LABORATORIES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VANCOMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 32644472987     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2005.10.008     Document Type: Article

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