A class A β-lactamase produced by borderline oxacillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus hydrolyses oxacillin
Objectives: Recently, mecA-negative Staphylococcus aureus strains with decreased susceptibility to oxacillin have been sporadically reported worldwide. They have been called borderline oxacillin-resistant S. aureus (BORSA). S. aureus β-lactamase (BlaZ), which is encoded by the blaZ gene, is categori...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2020-09-01
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| Series: | Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213716520300631 |