Extracellular and intracellular bactericidal activities of XF-70 against small-colony variant hemB mutants of meticillin-susceptible and meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 576-579

  Vaudaux, Pierre ^a   Huggler, Elzbieta ^a   Rhys Williams, William ^b   Love, William G ^b   Lew, Daniel P ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b Destiny Pharma Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bactericidal activity; MRSA; Small colony variants; Staphylococcus aureus; XF 70

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XF 70;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL PROTECTION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CONCENTRATION; DRUG SCREENING; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INCUBATION TIME; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METICILLIN SUSCEPTIBLE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM BACTERICIDAL CONCENTRATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; POLYMORPHONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL COLONY VARIANT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; PORPHYRINS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 79955485175     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2011.01.015     Document Type: Article

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