| Literature DB >> 2360829 |
M P Montanari1, E Tonin, F Biavasco, P E Varaldo.
Abstract
Eighty-nine Staphylococcus aureus strains were grouped according to their susceptibility or resistance to methicillin and oxacillin. The role of beta-lactamase in borderline methicillin resistance was confirmed by tests with beta-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.Entities:
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Year: 1990 PMID: 2360829 PMCID: PMC171719 DOI: 10.1128/AAC.34.5.911
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Antimicrob Agents Chemother ISSN: 0066-4804 Impact factor: 5.191