Comparative in vitro activity of oritavancin against recent, genetically diverse, community-associated meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolates

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 93-94

  Arhin, Francis F ^a   Kurepina, Natalia ^b   Sarmiento, Ingrid ^a   Parr Jr , Thomas R ^a   Moeck, Gregory ^a   Kreiswirth, Barry ^b  

^a The Medicines Company   (Canada)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; DAPTOMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; LINEZOLID; METICILLIN; ORITAVANCIN; OXACILLIN; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; POLYSORBATE 80; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PROTEIN A; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN; WATER;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BROTH DILUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CASSETTE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; IN VITRO STUDY; LETTER; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; GLYCOPEPTIDES; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 70849120361     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2009.07.012     Document Type: Letter

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