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Staphylococcus epidermidis with intermediate resistance to vancomycin: elusive phenotype or laboratory artifact?
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America - 1 Jul 2001
Dunne W M, Qureshi H, Pervez H, Nafziger D A
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The recent and troubling isolation of Staphylococcus aureus and coagulase-negative staphylococci that have increased resistance to glycopeptide antibiotics has prompted the use of aggressive surveillance measures in the clinical microbiology laboratory to aid in the recognition of these strains. Despite increasing awareness, the confirmation of glycopeptide resistance among staphylococci can be problematic; we...
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