Investigation of oxacillin-hydrolyzing beta-lactamase in borderline methicillin-resistant clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus

Chemotherapy

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 233-238

  Gál, Zsuzsanna ^a,b   Kovács, Péter ^a   Hernádi, Ferenc ^a   Barabás, György ^a   Kiss, László ^a   Iglói, Attila ^a   Szabó, István ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Lactamase; Methicillin resistance; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAMASE; METICILLIN; OXACILLIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BETA-LACTAMASES; HUMANS; HYDROLYSIS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; OXACILLIN; PENICILLINS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0034954074     PISSN: 00093157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000048528     Document Type: Article

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