Borderline methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus strains have more in common than reduced susceptibility to penicillinase-resistant penicillins

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 2769-2774

  Massidda, Orietta ^a   Montanari, Maria Pia ^a   Mingoia, Marina ^a   Varaldo, Pietro Emanuele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOXACILLIN; DICLOXACILLIN; METICILLIN; NAFCILLIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; PENICILLINASE;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; DRUG INACTIVATION; DRUG PROTEIN BINDING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0029835918     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.40.12.2769     Document Type: Article

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