Vancomycin modulated autolysis in Staphylococcus aureus: Does it vary with the susceptibility and planktonic or biofilm phenotype?

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-4

  Singh, Rachna ^a   Ray, Pallab ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFALOTIN; CEFOTAXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DNA; EXTRACELLULAR DNA; OXACILLIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; AUTOLYSIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOFILM; LETTER; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; VANCOMYCIN NONSUSCEPTIBLE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIOLYSIS; BIOFILMS; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 84860539499     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: 1574695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695X.2012.00951.x     Document Type: Letter

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