Resistance of Staphylococcus aureus to the cationic antimicrobial agent poly(2-(dimethylamino ethyl)methacrylate) (pDMAEMA) is influenced by cell-surface charge and hydrophobicity

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 968-976

  Rawlinson, Lee Anne B ^a   O'Gara, James P ^a   Jones, David S ^b   Brayden, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLY[2 (DIMETHYLAMINO)ETHYL METHACRYLATE];

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOFILM; CELL SURFACE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; WILD TYPE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CELL MEMBRANE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; METHACRYLATES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MUTATION; NYLONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 79959490986     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.025619-0     Document Type: Article

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