Increased tolerance of Staphylococcus aureus to vancomycin in viscous media

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 277-288

  Kostenko, Victoria ^a   Ceri, Howard ^a   Martinuzzi, Robert John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial susceptibility; Biofilm; Medium viscosity; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

POLYMER; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG TOLERANCE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VISCOSITY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOFILMS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CULTURE MEDIA; DRUG TOLERANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TIME FACTORS; VANCOMYCIN; VISCOSITY;

EID: 35148890665     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: 1574695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695X.2007.00300.x     Document Type: Article

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