Identification of a streptococcal penicillin-binding protein that reacts very slowly with penicillin

Roberta Fontana, R Cerini, Paolo Longoni, +2

Journal of Bacteriology

Klebsiella PneumoniaeBacteriologyAntibiotic ResistanceDrug ResistanceMedical Microbiology +14

Transition from resistance to hypersusceptibility to beta-lactam antibiotics associated with loss of a low-affinity penicillin-binding protein in a Streptococcus faecium mutant highly resistant to penicillin

Roberta Fontana, A Grossato, Lucía Rossi, +2

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

BacteriologyAntibiotic ResistanceDrug ResistanceGrowth RateRev 14 +14

Clustering and Risk Factors of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Carriage in Two Italian Long-Term Care Facilities

Pierluigi Brugnaro, Ugo Fedeli, G. Pellizzer, +7

Infection

Preventive MedicineHealthcare-associated InfectionPatient SafetyHospital EpidemiologyRisk Factors +8

Molecular investigation of an outbreak of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii, with characterisation of class 1 integrons

Eleni Kraniotaki, Riccardo Manganelli, E. Platsouka, +3

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Molecular InvestigationAntimicrobial SusceptibilityHealth SciencesAntimicrobial Resistance GeneMultidrug-resistant Acinetobacter Baumannii +9

Paradoxical response of Enterococcus faecalis to the bactericidal activity of penicillin is associated with reduced activity of one autolysin

Roberta Fontana, Marzia Boaretti, A Grossato, +3

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Enterococcus FaecalisAntimicrobial SusceptibilityE. FaecalisAntibioticsHealth Sciences +10

In vitro response to bactericidal activity of cell wall-active antibiotics does not support the general opinion that enterococci are naturally tolerant to these antibiotics

Roberta Fontana, A Grossato, Marco Ligozzi, +1

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

General OpinionVitro ResponseParadoxical ResponseAntimicrobial ChemotherapyAntibiotic Resistance +14

Molecular epidemiology of Enterococcus faecium isolates from an Italian hospital

Loredana Fallico, Caterina Boldrin, A Grossato, +6

Infection

Antimicrobial SusceptibilityMolecular EpidemiologyPathogen CharacterizationMicrobiologyInfection Control +6

The Photosensitizing Activity of Haematoporphyrin on Mollicutes

Giulio Bertoloni, Alessandra Viel, A Grossato, +1

Microbiology

Less HpBiochemistryPhotochemistryCell MembranePhotobiology +13

Molecular Analysis of <i>vanA</i> Enterococci Isolated from Humans and Animals in Northeastern Italy

Maria Bonora, C. Bordin, Luciana Bragagnolo, +6

Microbial Drug Resistance

Effect of non-β-lactam antibiotics on penicillin-binding protein synthesis of <i>Enterococcus hirae</i> ATCC 9790

A Grossato, R. Sartori, Roberta Fontana

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy