Article
Mechanisms of heteroresistance in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Apr 1994
Ryffel C, Strässle A, Kayser F H, Berger-Bächi B
Abstract excerpt
Characteristic for methicillin-resistant (Mcr) staphylococci is the heterogeneous expression of the intrinsic methicillin resistance. The majority of the cells express resistance to low concentrations of methicillin, and a minority of the cells express resistance to much higher concentrations. We...
Topics
- Bacterial Proteins
- Carrier Proteins
- DNA, Bacterial
- Hexosyltransferases
- Methicillin Resistance
- Muramoylpentapeptide Carboxypeptidase
- Mutation
- Penicillin-Binding Proteins
- Peptidyl Transferases
- Phenotype
- Plasmids
- Staphylococcus aureus