Clinical Isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae That Exhibit Tolerance of Vancomycin
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- 15 February 2001
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 32 (4) , 552-558
- https://doi.org/10.1086/318697
Abstract
The ability of Streptococcus pneumoniae to escape lysis and killing by vancomycin, a property termed “tolerance,” has recently been noted in a laboraKeywords
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