Ultrastructural cell wall characteristics of clinical gentamycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates

Medical Molecular Morphology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 70-76

  Fukutsuji, Kenji ^a   Yamada, Sakuo ^a,b   Harada, Tamotsu ^a  

^a KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b KAWASAKI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL WELFARE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Cell wall; Gentamycin; Staphylococcus aureus; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CELL WALL; GENTAMICINS; HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL SKIN INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84879077156     PISSN: 18601480     EISSN: 18601499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00795-013-0009-0     Document Type: Article

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