Modulation of Staphylococcus aureus biofilm matrix by subinhibitory concentrations of clindamycin

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 60, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 5957-5967

  Schilcher, Katrin ^a   Andreoni, Federica ^a   Haunreiter, Vanina Dengler ^a   Seidl, Kati ^a   Hasse, Barbara ^a   Zinkernagel, Annelies S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CLINDAMYCIN; POLYMER; SIGMA FACTOR; SIGMA FACTOR B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AGRA GENE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ATLA GENE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOFILM; CELLULAR STRESS RESPONSE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CONTENT; FNBA GENE; FNBB GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HOST RESISTANCE; LRGA GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSM GENE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; UPREGULATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECTS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOFILMS; CLINDAMYCIN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MUTATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84992562508     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00463-16     Document Type: Article

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