Increased resistance to cationic antimicrobial peptide LL-37 in methicillin-resistant strains of Staphylococcus aureus
Author(s) -
Kazuhisa Ouhara,
Hitoshi Komatsuzawa,
Toshihisa Kawai,
Hiromi Nishi,
Tatsuhiko Fujiwara,
Y Fujiue,
Masao Kuwabara,
Koji Sayama,
Koji Hashimoto,
Motoyuki Sugai
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124
H-Index - 194
eISSN - 1460-2091
pISSN - 0305-7453
DOI - 10.1093/jac/dkn106
Subject(s) - staphylococcus aureus , microbiology and biotechnology , antimicrobial , methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus , micrococcaceae , staphylococcal infections , meticillin , antibacterial agent , antibiotic resistance , medicine , biology , antibiotics , bacteria , genetics
The susceptibility of clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus, including methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA), to host-derived cationic antimicrobial peptides was investigated.
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