| Literature DB >> 24648548 |
George Sakoulas1, Kripa Guram2, Katherine Reyes3, Victor Nizet2, Marcus Zervos3.
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Bacteremia caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) USA600 has been associated with increased patient mortality. We found that USA600 MRSA exhibited significantly increased resistance to human cathelicidin LL-37 killing and daptomycin MIC creep compared to non-USA600 MRSA. Virulent health care-associated MRSA strains may coevolve innate host defense peptide and antibiotic resistances.Entities:
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Year: 2014 PMID: 24648548 PMCID: PMC4042812 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00189-14
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN: 0095-1137 Impact factor: 5.948