Subinhibitory concentrations of florfenicol enhance the adherence of florfenicol-susceptible and florfenicol-resistant Staphylococcus aureus [14]

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 286-288

  Blickwede, Maren ^a   Valentin Weigand, Peter ^b   Schwarz, Stefan ^a  

^a INSTITUT FÜR TIERZUCHT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fibronectin; Invasion; Surface hydrophobicity

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL DERIVATIVE; CIPROFLOXACIN; FIBRONECTIN BINDING PROTEIN; FLORFENICOL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; HEP 2 CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LETTER; NONHUMAN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SCIURI;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; PLASMIDS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TETRACYCLINES; THIAMPHENICOL;

EID: 3543147884     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkh273     Document Type: Letter

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