| Literature DB >> 12760894 |
Susan Boyle-Vavra1, Mamatha Challapalli, Robert S Daum.
Abstract
Four clinical U.S. glycopeptide intermediate resistant Staphylococcus aureus (GISA) isolates were resistant to Triton X-100-induced autolysis. Similar resistance was demonstrated in an isolate obtained after a single passage of a susceptible clinical isolate in low-level vancomycin. Strains with the vancomycin-induced Triton X-100 resistance phenotype produced active murein hydrolases but were resistant to lysis by murein hydrolases.Entities:
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Year: 2003 PMID: 12760894 PMCID: PMC155830 DOI: 10.1128/AAC.47.6.2036-2039.2003
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Antimicrob Agents Chemother ISSN: 0066-4804 Impact factor: 5.191