Evaluation of constitutive and inducible resistance to clindamycin in clinical samples of Staphylococcus aureus from a tertiary hospital

Introduction Infections caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) have become common in hospitals and the community environment, and this wide resistance has limited patient treatment. Clindamycin (CL) represents an important alternative therapy for infections caused by S. aureus....

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Main Authors: Angelita Bottega, Mônica de Abreu Rodrigues, Fernanda Aguirre Carvalho, Tatiana Feyh Wagner, Isabel Agne Souza Leal, Silvana Oliveira dos Santos, Roberta Filipini Rampelotto, Rosmari Hörner
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Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2014-10-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822014000500589&lng=en&tlng=en