Antibiotic resistance in Gram-positive bacteria: epidemiological aspects

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Witte, W [1 ]
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[1] Robert Koch Inst, Wernigerode Branch, D-38855 Wernigerode, Germany
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10.1093/jac/44.suppl_1.1
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R51 [传染病];
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The emergence and spread of antibiotic resistance in Gram-positive bacterial pathogens has become an increasing problem. There has been a dramatic increase in the prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), coagulase-negative staphylococci and enterococci. This is mainly due to the clonal dissemination of certain epidemic multiply-resistant strains, for example, those of MRSA and S. pneumoniae, as well as to the spread of resistance genes as exemplified by those causing glycopeptide resistance in enterococci.
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