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Analysis of the tolerance of pathogenic enterococci and Staphylococcus aureus to cell wall active antibiotics
6 May 2013
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OBJECTIVES: Tolerance refers to the phenomenon that bacteria do not significantly die when exposed to bactericidal antibiotics. Enterococci are known for their high tolerance to these drugs, but the molecular reasons why they resist killing are not understood. In a previous study we showed that the superoxide dismutase (SOD) is implicated in this tolerance. This conclusion was based on the results obtained with...
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