Increased resistance to cationic antimicrobial peptide LL-37 in methicillin-resistant strains of Staphylococcus aureus

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1266-1269

  Ouhara, Kazuhisa ^a,b   Komatsuzawa, Hitoshi ^a,e   Kawai, Toshihisa ^b   Nishi, Hiromi ^a   Fujiwara, Tamaki ^a   Fujiue, Yoshihiro ^c   Kuwabara, Masao ^c   Sayama, Koji ^d   Hashimoto, Koji ^d   Sugai, Motoyuki ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FORSYTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c HIROSHIMA PREFECTURAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d EHIME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antibiotic susceptibility; Cathelicidin family peptide; Clinical isolates; Human defensin; Innate immunity

Indexed keywords

BETA DEFENSIN 3; CATHELICIDIN ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE LL 37;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL EXOSPORE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; ZETA POTENTIAL;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BETA-DEFENSINS; HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 44449129941     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkn106     Document Type: Article

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