Staphylococcus epidermidiswith Intermediate Resistance to Vancomycin: Elusive Phenotype or Laboratory Artifact?
Open Access
- 1 July 2001
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 33 (1) , 135-137
- https://doi.org/10.1086/320890
Abstract
The recent and troubling isolation of Staphylococcus aureus and coagulase-negative staphylococci that have increased resistance to glycopeptide antibKeywords
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