Cell wall thickening is associated with adaptive resistance to amikacin in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clinical isolates

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1089-1096

  Yuan, Wenchang ^a   Hu, Qiwen ^a   Cheng, Hang ^a   Shang, Weilong ^a   Liu, Nan ^b   Hua, Ziyu ^b   Zhu, Junmin ^a   Hu, Zhen ^a   Yuan, Jizhen ^a   Zhang, Xia ^a   Li, Shu ^a   Chen, Zhijin ^a   Hu, Xiaomei ^a   Fu, Jianfeng ^c   Rao, Xiancai ^a  

^a THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c The Military General Hospital of Urumchi People's Liberation Army   (China)

Author keywords

Aminoglycosides; Matched pair study; Osteomyelitis; Penicillin binding protein 2

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN; ASCORBIC ACID; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFTIZOXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; LINEZOLID; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; RIFAMPICIN; SULBACTAM; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; CELL WALL; CHILD; CHILL; CHROMOSOME; FEVER; GENE; GROWTH CURVE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR TYPING; MORPHOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; OSTEOMYELITIS; PAIN; PHENOTYPE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SYNOVIAL FLUID; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

AMIKACIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BLOOD; CELL WALL; CHILD; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MOLECULAR TYPING; OSTEOMYELITIS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

EID: 84877133906     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dks522     Document Type: Article

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