Unravelling of a mechanism of resistance to colistin in Klebsiella pneumoniae using atomic force microscopy

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 70, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 2261-2270

  Formosa, C ^a,b,c,d   Herold, M ^c,d,e   Vidaillac, C ^c,d,f   Duval, R E ^c,d,e   Dague, E ^a,b  

^a LAAS CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^c NANCY UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^e ABC Platformw   (France)

^f LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; Capsules; Colistin resistance; Gene expression; K. pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

COLISTIN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; YOUNG MODULUS; BACTERIAL CAPSULE; DRUG EFFECTS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; COLISTIN; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE;

EID: 84939529266     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkv118     Document Type: Article

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