Influence of a subinhibitory concentration of vancomycin on the in vitro expression of virulence-related genes in the vancomycin-resistant enterococcus faecalis
dc.contributor.author | Moura, Tiane Martin de | pt_BR |
dc.contributor.author | Campos, Fabrício Souza | pt_BR |
dc.contributor.author | Caierão, Juliana | pt_BR |
dc.contributor.author | Roehe, Paulo Michel | pt_BR |
dc.contributor.author | D'Azevedo, Pedro Alves | pt_BR |
dc.contributor.author | Frazzon, Jeverson | pt_BR |
dc.contributor.author | Frazzon, Ana Paula Guedes | pt_BR |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-08-05T02:14:58Z | pt_BR |
dc.date.issued | 2015 | pt_BR |
dc.identifier.issn | 0037-8682 | pt_BR |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10183/144242 | pt_BR |
dc.description.abstract | Introduction: Exposure to subinhibitory concentrations (SICs) of antimicrobials may alter the bacterial transcriptome. Methods: Here, we evaluated the expression of nine virulence-related genes in vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) urinary tract infection isolates grown at SICs of vancomycin. Results: A Subinhibitory concentrations of vancomycin interferes with gene modulation, but does not affect the phenotype of a VRE strain in vitro. Conclusions: Subinhibitory concentrations of vancomycin may regulate the expression of virulence factors in vivo or contribute to the selection of vancomycin-resistant strains. | en |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | pt_BR |
dc.language.iso | eng | pt_BR |
dc.relation.ispartof | Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical. Vol. 48, n. 5 (set./out. 2015), p. 617-621 | pt_BR |
dc.rights | Open Access | en |
dc.subject | VRE | en |
dc.subject | Resistência à vancomicina | pt_BR |
dc.subject | Biofi im | en |
dc.subject | Enterococcus faecalis | pt_BR |
dc.subject | Expression | en |
dc.subject | Fatores de virulência | pt_BR |
dc.subject | Biofilme | pt_BR |
dc.title | Influence of a subinhibitory concentration of vancomycin on the in vitro expression of virulence-related genes in the vancomycin-resistant enterococcus faecalis | pt_BR |
dc.type | Artigo de periódico | pt_BR |
dc.identifier.nrb | 000981187 | pt_BR |
dc.type.origin | Nacional | pt_BR |
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