Resistance to antimicrobials mediated by efflux pumps in Staphylococcus aureus

Antibiotics

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 83-99

  Costa, Sofia S ^a,b   Junqueira, Elisabete ^a   Palma, Cláudia ^a   Viveiros, Miguel ^a   Melo Cristino, José ^c   Amaral, Leonard ^a   Couto, Isabel ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO DE HIGIENE E MEDICINA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Biocides; Efflux; Resistance; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BIOCIDE; CIPROFLOXACIN; EFFLUX PUMP PROTEIN; NORFLOXACIN; THIORIDAZINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERAPAMIL;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BINDING AFFINITY; BROTH DILUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUOROMETRY; GENE MUTATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 85009370694     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20796382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics2010083     Document Type: Article

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