Staphylococci with markers of antibiotic resistance collected from blood cultures

Staphylococci with markers of antibiotic resistance collected from blood cultures

Introduction: Blood culture is still the gold standard for the detection of the causative agent of sepsis. Especially in intensive care patients and those with vascular catheters, the most common organisms isolated are coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS) and Staphylococcus aureus, both character...

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Main Authors: Vittorio Focarelli, Vincenzo Rondinelli, Stefania Giglio, Raffaele Saraceno, Pasquale Minchella, Maria Gabriella Lepore, Nicola Iiritano, Paolo Opipari, Sandra Castagna, Teresa Alcaro, Rosanna Masciari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2012-06-01
Series:Microbiologia Medica
Subjects:
Blood culture, Beta-lactamase, Methicillin resistance, Antibiotic therapy
Online Access:http://www.pagepressjournals.org/index.php/mm/article/view/2321

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