A Tick Antivirulence Protein Potentiates Antibiotics against Staphylococcus aureus
Abraham NM, Liu L, Jutras BL, Murfin K, Acar A, Yarovinsky TO, Sutton E, Heisig M, Jacobs-Wagner C, Fikrig E. A Tick Antivirulence Protein Potentiates Antibiotics against Staphylococcus aureus. Antimicrobial Agents And Chemotherapy 2017, 61: 10.1128/aac.00113-17. PMID: 28438938, PMCID: PMC5487661, DOI: 10.1128/aac.00113-17.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAnti-Bacterial AgentsAntifreeze ProteinsBiofilmsMethicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureusMicrobial Sensitivity TestsStaphylococcus aureusTicksConceptsNovel alternative therapeutic strategyAlternative therapeutic strategiesEfficacy of antibioticsTherapeutic strategiesTransgenic miceBacterial infectionsInfection modelDifferent antibioticsAntibioticsAntibiotic resistanceStaphylococcus aureusPotency of antibioticsClinical pathogensPeptides representativeImproved permeationPathogensPotent antibiofilm propertiesIAFGP