| Literature DB >> 25451045 |
Justin R Lenhard1, Christof von Eiff2, Irene S Hong3, Patricia N Holden1, Michael D Bear1, Amy Suen1, Zackery P Bulman1, Brian T Tsuji4.
Abstract
Staphylococcus aureus small-colony variants (SCVs) often persist despite antibiotic therapy. Against a 10(8)-CFU/ml methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) (strain COL) population of which 0%, 1%, 10%, 50%, or 100% was an isogenic hemB knockout (Ia48) subpopulation displaying the SCV phenotype, vancomycin achieved maximal reductions of 4.99, 5.39, 4.50, 3.28, and 1.66 log10 CFU/ml over 48 h. Vancomycin at ≥16 mg/liter shifted a population from 50% SCV cells at 0 h to 100% SCV cells at 48 h, which was well characterized by a Hill-type model (R2>0.90).Entities:
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Year: 2014 PMID: 25451045 PMCID: PMC4335873 DOI: 10.1128/AAC.04508-14
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Antimicrob Agents Chemother ISSN: 0066-4804 Impact factor: 5.191