Staphylococcus aureus small colony variants are susceptible to light activated antimicrobial agents

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Tubby, Sarah ^a   Wilson, Michael ^a   Wright, John A ^a,b   Zhang, Ping ^a   Nair, Sean P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lethal photosensitisation; Photodynamic therapy; Small colony variant; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

KANAMYCIN; METHYLENE BLUE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COLONY; LASER; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; WILD TYPE; DRUG EFFECTS; LIGHT; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; RADIATION RESPONSE;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; LIGHT; METHYLENE BLUE; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84883529926     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-13-201     Document Type: Article

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