| Literature DB >> 17035739 |
Abstract
Glycopeptide antibiotics have become the last bastion for the treatment of multidrug-resistant Gram-positive hospital pathogens, the two main ones being methicillin-resistant S. aureus and enterococci. However, in addition to the emergence of vancomycin resistance in enterococci, certain staphylococcal strains with low-level resistance to glycopeptides have increasingly been isolated from clinical specimens. This review focuses on mechanisms of resistance, epidemiology, control measures and therapeutic options for these staphylococci.Entities:
Year: 1998 PMID: 17035739 DOI: 10.1097/00001432-199812000-00002
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Curr Opin Infect Dis ISSN: 0951-7375 Impact factor: 4.915