Antibiotic resistance in Gram-positive bacteria: epidemiological aspects
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- 1 September 1999
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
- Vol. 44 (suppl_1) , 1-9
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jac/44.suppl_1.1
Abstract
The emergence and spread of antibiotic resistance in Gram-positive bacterial pathogens has become an increasing problem. There has been a dramatic increase in the prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), coagulase-negative staphylococci and enterococci. This is mainly due to the clonal dissemination of certain epidemic multiply- resistant strains, for example, those of MRSA and S. pneumoniae, as well as to the spread of resistance genes as exemplified by those causing glycopeptide resistance in enterococci.Keywords
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