Subinhibitory concentrations of protein synthesis-inhibiting antibiotics promote increased expression of the agr virulence regulator and production of phenol-soluble modulin cytolysins in community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 4942-4944

  Joo, Hwang Soo ^a   Chan, June L ^a   Cheung, Gordon Y C ^a   Otto, Michael ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; CYTOLYSIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; LINEZOLID; OXACILLIN; PHENOL SOLUBLE MODULIN; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITOR; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; RIFAMPICIN; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; GENE EXPRESSION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CYTOTOXINS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITORS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 78049231831     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00064-10     Document Type: Article

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