[Emergence of arbekacin resistant strains among methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus].

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[Emergence of arbekacin resistant strains among methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus].

The Japanese journal of antibiotics - 1 Jun 1994

Suzuki T, Fujita K, Nagamachi Y, Okubo T

Abstract excerpt

We studied the efficacy of arbekacin (ABK) against MRSA that were resistant to gentamicin (GM). ABK was fairly active against most of the GM-resistant MRSA strains. Against highly GM-resistant strains, however, ABK was slightly less active than it was against the low level GM-resistant strains. A...

Topics

Acetyltransferases
Aminoglycosides
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Dibekacin
Drug Resistance, Microbial
Genes, Bacterial
Gentamicins
Methicillin Resistance
Mutation
Phosphotransferases
Staphylococcus aureus

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