Staphylococcus aureus PBP4 is essential for β-lactam resistance in community-acquired methicillin-resistant strains

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3955-3966

  Memmi, Guido ^a   Filipe, Sergio R ^b   Pinho, Mariana G ^b   Fu, Zhibiao ^a   Cheung, Ambrose ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFOXITIN; NAFCILLIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 4; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AUTOLYSIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; CROSS LINKING; MECA GENE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; CEFOXITIN; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; GENE DELETION; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MUTATION; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS; PENICILLINS; PHENOTYPE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 55849101500     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00049-08     Document Type: Article

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