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Characteristics of French methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates with decreased susceptibility or resistance to glycopeptides.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy - 1 Oct 2003
El Solh Névine, Davi Marilyne, Morvan Anne, Damon Hélène Aubry, Marty Nicole
Abstract excerpt
According to the French Society of Microbiology, Staphylococcus aureus isolates are suspected to have decreased susceptibility to glycopeptide(s) when at least one colony is able to grow from an inoculum of 10 microL of 2 McFarland bacterial suspension plated on Mueller-Hinton agar containing 5 mg/L teicoplanin and incubated for 48 h at 35-37 degrees C. We analysed 89 methicillin-resistant S. aureus isolates...
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