Resuscitation-promoting factors are required for β-lactam tolerance and the permeability barrier in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1591-1594

  Wivagg, Carl N ^a   Hung, Deborah T ^a,b,c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BROAD INSTITUTE OF MIT AND HARVARD   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; BIOLOGICAL FACTOR; CEFAMANDOLE; CEFDITOREN; CEFMETAZOLE; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; RESUSCITATION PROMOTING FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; DRUG DIFFUSION; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG TOLERANCE; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PERMEABILITY BARRIER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAMS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; GENE DELETION; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84857172785     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.06027-11     Document Type: Article

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