Correlation of Minimum Inhibitory Concentration Breakpoints and Methicillin Resistance Gene Carriage in Clinical Isolates of Staphylococcus epidermidis

Staphylococcus epidermidis is the most important member of coagulase negative staphylococci responsible for community and hospital acquired infections. Most clinical isolates of S. epidermidis are resistant to methicillin making these infections difficult to treat. In this study, correlation of meth...

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Main Authors: Fereshteh Eftekhar, Fereshteh Raei
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Shiraz University of Medical Sciences 2011-09-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Medical Sciences
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Online Access:http://ijms.sums.ac.ir/files/PDFfiles/10-Dr.%20Eftekhar.pdf