Enhancement of biofilm formation by subinhibitory concentrations of macrolides in icaADBC-positive and -negative clinical isolates of Staphylococcus epidermidis

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2707-2711

  Wang, Qian ^a   Sun, Feng Jun ^a   Liu, Yao ^a   Xiong, Li Rong ^a   Xie, Lin Li ^a   Xia, Pei Yuan ^a  

^a THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; DICLOXACILLIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; MACROLIDE; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOFILM; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG CONCENTRATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; SUBINHIBITORY CONCENTRATION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOFILMS; DNA PRIMERS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MACROLIDES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 77952651846     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01565-09     Document Type: Article

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