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Inducible clindamycin resistance in clinical isolates of staphylococcus aureus in Suez Canal University Hospital, Ismailia, Egypt.
Journal of infection in developing countries - 30 Nov 2020
Kishk Rania Mohammed, Anani Maha Mohammed, Nemr Nader Attia, Soliman Nashaat Mohamed, Fouad Marwa Mohamed
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INTRODUCTION: The increasing incidence of methicillin resistance among Staphylococci has led to renewed interest in the usage of macrolide-lincosamide-streptogramin B (MLSB) antibiotics to treat S. aureus infections, with clindamycin being the preferable agent owing to its excellent pharmacokinetic properties. Inducible clindamycin resistance my lead to therapeutic failure. AIM: Detection of the prevalence of...
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