FURTHER CHARACTERIZATION OF BORDERLINE METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS-AUREUS AND ANALYSIS OF PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS

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作者
MONTANARI, MP
TONIN, E
BIAVASCO, F
VARALDO, PE
机构
[1] UNIV ANCONA,SCH MED,INST MICROBIOL,I-60131 ANCONA,ITALY
[2] UNIV PADUA,SCH MED,I-35121 PADUA,ITALY
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10.1128/AAC.34.5.911
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Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 ; 100705 ;
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Eighty-nine Staphylococcus aureus strains were grouped according to their susceptibility or resistance to methicillin and oxacillin. The role of β-lactamase in borderline methicillin resistance was confirmed by tests with β-lactamase inhibitors, particularly when salt-supplemented medium was used. A penicillin-binding protein assay indicated that borderline methicillin-resistant S. aureus strains do not produce PBP 2a.
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