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Detection and prevalence of inducible clindamycin resistance in staphylococci.
Journal of medical microbiology - 1 Mar 2007
Yilmaz Gurdal, Aydin Kemalettin, Iskender Serap, Caylan Rahmet, Koksal Iftihar
Abstract excerpt
Staphylococcus aureus and coagulase-negative staphylococci (CNS) are recognized as causing nosocomial and community-acquired infections in every region of the world. The resistance to antimicrobial agents among staphylococci is an increasing problem. Clindamycin (CL) is considered to be one of the alternative agents in these infections. This study demonstrates a simple, reliable method (double-disc diffusion...
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