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Evaluation of constitutive and inducible resistance to clindamycin in clinical samples of Staphylococcus aureus from a tertiary hospital.
Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical - 1 Jan 2000
Bottega Angelita, Rodrigues Mônica de Abreu, Carvalho Fernanda Aguirre, Wagner Tatiana Feyh, Leal Isabel Agne Souza, Santos Silvana Oliveira dos, Rampelotto Roberta Filipini, Hörner Rosmari
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INTRODUCTION: Infections caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) have become common in hospitals and the community environment, and this wide resistance has limited patient treatment. Clindamycin (CL) represents an important alternative therapy for infections caused by S. aureus. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing using standard methods may not detect inducible CL resistance. This study was...
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