Selection of oxacillin resistance in oxacillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus through exposure to ciprofloxacin but not piperacillin/tazobactam

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 621-623

  Evans, M E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; OXACILLIN; PIPERACILLIN; TAZOBACTAM;

AGAR MEDIUM; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CIPROFLOXACIN; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OXACILLIN; PENICILLANIC ACID; PENICILLINS; PIPERACILLIN; SELECTION (GENETICS); STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0036039352     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-002-0779-0     Document Type: Article

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