Incidence of Mupirocin Resistance in Staphylococcus pseudintermedius Isolated from a Healthy Dog
Mupirocin is a bacteriostatic antibiotic that is used to decolonize people who carry methicillin-resistant staphylococci, primarily methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Mupirocin reversibly binds to bacterial isoleucyl tRNA synthetase to disrupt protein synthesis. Resistance to mupi...
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2013
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/151339 |