Contribution of the autolysin AtIA to the bactericidal activity of amoxicillin against enterococcus faecaliz JH2-2V

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1667-1669

  Bravetti, Anne Lise ^a,b,c   Mesnage, Stéphane ^a,b,c   Lefort, Agnès ^a,d   Chau, Françoise ^a   Eckert, Catherine ^a,b,c   Garry, Louis ^c   Arthur, Michel ^a,b,c   Fantin, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHE DES CORDELIERS   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d BEAUJON HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLGLUCOSAMINIDASE; AMOXICILLIN; AUTOLYSIN; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINIDASE ATLA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; N ACETYLMURAMOYLALANINE AMIDASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; DRUG EFFECT; PHYSIOLOGY;

AMOXICILLIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; N-ACETYLMURAMOYL-L-ALANINE AMIDASE;

EID: 65749099448     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00692-08     Document Type: Article

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