The potential clinical impact of low-level antibiotic resistance in Staphylococcus aureus
Open Access
- 26 October 2006
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
- Vol. 59 (1) , 1-4
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkl429
Abstract
Low-level antibiotic resistance in Staphylococcus aureus is a frequently overlooked phenomenon, usually not detected by standard susceptibility testing procedures. It represents a gateway to high-level clinically relevant resistance. Moreover, low-level resistance may be associated with increased virulence, resistance to unrelated compounds and more successful in vivo survival.Keywords
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