Vancomycin Tolerant, Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Reveals the Effects of Vancomycin on Cell Wall Thickening

Vicenta Cázares-Domínguez; Ariadnna Cruz-Córdova; Sara A. Ochoa; Gerardo Escalona; José Arellano-Galindo; Alejandra Rodríguez-Leviz; Rigoberto Hernández-Castro; Edgar O. López-Villegas; Juan Xicohtencatl-Cortes

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0118791

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Vancomycin Tolerant, Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Reveals the Effects of Vancomycin on Cell Wall Thickening

Vicenta Cázares-Domínguez,

Affiliation Laboratorio de Investigación en Bacteriología Intestinal, Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez, Dr. Márquez 162, Col. Doctores, Delegación Cuauhtémoc, México D.F., México
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Ariadnna Cruz-Córdova,

Affiliation Laboratorio de Investigación en Bacteriología Intestinal, Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez, Dr. Márquez 162, Col. Doctores, Delegación Cuauhtémoc, México D.F., México
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Sara A. Ochoa,

Affiliation Laboratorio de Investigación en Bacteriología Intestinal, Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez, Dr. Márquez 162, Col. Doctores, Delegación Cuauhtémoc, México D.F., México
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Gerardo Escalona,

Affiliation Laboratorio de Investigación en Bacteriología Intestinal, Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez, Dr. Márquez 162, Col. Doctores, Delegación Cuauhtémoc, México D.F., México
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José Arellano-Galindo,

Affiliation Departamento de Infectología, Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez, Dr. Márquez 162, Col. Doctores, Delegación Cuauhtémoc, México D.F., México
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Alejandra Rodríguez-Leviz,

Affiliation Laboratorio de Patología, Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez, Dr. Márquez 162, Col. Doctores, Delegación Cuauhtémoc, México D.F., México
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Rigoberto Hernández-Castro,

Affiliation Departamento de Ecología de Agentes Patógenos. Hospital General “Dr. Manuel Gea González”, Delegación Tlalpan, México D.F., México
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Edgar O. López-Villegas,

Affiliation Laboratorio Central de Microscopia. Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional. Prol. De Carpio y Plan de Ayala S/N Col. Santo Tomás, Delegación Miguel Hidalgo, México D.F., México
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Juan Xicohtencatl-Cortes

* E-mail: juanxico@yahoo.com

Affiliation Laboratorio de Investigación en Bacteriología Intestinal, Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez, Dr. Márquez 162, Col. Doctores, Delegación Cuauhtémoc, México D.F., México
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Vancomycin Tolerant, Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Reveals the Effects of Vancomycin on Cell Wall Thickening

Vicenta Cázares-Domínguez,
Ariadnna Cruz-Córdova,
Sara A. Ochoa,
Gerardo Escalona,
José Arellano-Galindo,
Alejandra Rodríguez-Leviz,
Rigoberto Hernández-Castro,
Edgar O. López-Villegas,
Juan Xicohtencatl-Cortes

Published: March 20, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0118791

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