Reversible Antibiotic Tolerance Induced in Staphylococcus aureus by Concurrent Drug Exposure

Resistance of Staphylococcus aureus to beta-lactam antibiotics has led to increasing use of the glycopeptide antibiotic vancomycin as a life-saving treatment for major S. aureus infections. Coinfection by an unrelated bacterial species may necessitate concurrent treatment with a second antibiotic th...

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Main Authors: Haaber, Jakob, Friberg, Cathrine, McCreary, Mark, Lin, Richard, Cohen, Stanley N., Ingmer, Hanne
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: American Society of Microbiology 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4313918/