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Reemergence of gentamicin-susceptible strains of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: roles of an infection control program and changes in aminoglycoside use.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America - 1 Sept 1997
Aubry-Damon H, Legrand P, Brun-Buisson C, Astier A, Soussy C J, Leclercq R
Abstract excerpt
The spread of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in our hospital in the 1980s correlated with increasing acquisition of resistance to antibiotics including gentamicin, rifampin, and fluoroquinolones. During the period 1993-1995, there was a major change in clinical MRSA isolates: the percentage of aminoglycoside-resistant MRSA isolates decreased from 75% to 52%, while the proportion of...
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