Article
Resistant gram-positive organisms.
Annals of emergency medicine - 1 Sept 1994
Schaberg D R
Abstract excerpt
Antimicrobial resistance in Gram-positive bacteria has reemerged in the last decade as a major clinical problem. Methicillin-resistant staphylococci, penicillin-resistant pneumococci, and enterococci resistant to penicillin, vancomycin, and/or gentamicin have become new considerations in the selection of therapy. Both mutation and acquisition of new DNA on either the chromosome or plasmids can be responsible for...
Topics
- Drug Resistance, Microbial
- Enterococcus faecalis
- Enterococcus faecium
- Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial
- Gram-Positive Bacteria
- Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections
- Humans
- Mutation
- Prevalence
- R Factors
- Staphylococcal Infections