In vitro and in vivo evaluations of oxacillin efficiency against mecA-positive oxacillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3905-3908

  Ikonomidis, Alexandros ^a   Michail, George ^a   Vasdeki, Afroditi ^a   Labrou, Maria ^a   Karavasilis, Vasilis ^a   Stathopoulos, Constantinos ^b   Maniatis, Antonios N ^a   Pournaras, Spyros ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF LARISSA   (Greece)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; CEFALEXIN; CEFAMANDOLE; CLINDAMYCIN; DALFOPRISTIN PLUS QUINUPRISTIN; DICLOXACILLIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; IMIPENEM; LINEZOLID; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2A; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOTYPE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; THIGH;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DICLOXACILLIN; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICE; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 55849093240     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00653-08     Document Type: Article

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