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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus antibiotic resistance and virulence.
Bioscience trends - 1 Jun 2013
Xia Jufeng, Gao Jianjun, Kokudo Norihiro, Hasegawa Kiyoshi, Tang Wei
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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is one of the most critical causes of healthcare-related or community-related infections. Resistance to most β-lactam antibiotics makes MRSA a big threat to clinical treatment. Utilization of low efficiency antibiotics such as vancomycin and teicoplanin makes new choices for therapies. Recently, much researchhas shed light on relevance between genetic mutations...
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