Further characterization of borderline methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and analysis of penicillin-binding proteins
- 1 May 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
- Vol. 34 (5) , 911-913
- https://doi.org/10.1128/aac.34.5.911
Abstract
Eighty-nine Staphylococcus aureus strains were grouped according to their susceptibility or resistance to methicillin and oxacillin. The role of beta-lactamase in borderline methicillin resistance was confirmed by tests with beta-lactamase inhibitors, particularly when salt-supplemented medium was used. A penicillin-binding protein assay indicated that borderline methicillin-resistant S. aureus strains do not produce PBP 2a.This publication has 11 references indexed in Scilit:
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