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Abstract
Streptococcus pneumoniae, Enterococcus faecalis, Enterococcus faecium, Staphylococcus aureus, and Klebsiella pneumoniae have become increasingly resistant to antimicrobial agents. This chapter reviews the epidemiology of this resistance, its detection in the laboratory, the mechanisms of resistance, and the options for therapy and infection control.Entities:
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Year: 1996 PMID: 8712771 DOI: 10.1146/annurev.med.47.1.169
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Annu Rev Med ISSN: 0066-4219 Impact factor: 13.739