Pheromone killing of multidrug-resistant Enterococcus faecalis V583 by native commensal strains

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 112, Issue 23, 2015, Pages 7273-7278

  Gilmore, Michael S ^a   Rauch, Marcus ^a,c   Ramsey, Matthew M ^a,d   Himes, Paul R ^a,e   Varahan, Sriram ^b   Manson, Janet M ^a,f   Lebreton, Francois ^a   Hancock, Lynn Ernest ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c Janssen Prevention Center   (United Kingdom)

^d FORSYTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^f Department of Biology University of Louisville ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Enterococcus; Fitness cost; Resistance; Vancomycin

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COMMENSAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; DRUG EFFECTS; HUMAN;

ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS;

DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; HUMANS; PHEROMONES;

EID: 84931275007     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1500553112     Document Type: Article

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