Abstract:
:We describe the clinical, microbiologic, and molecular features of the first series of qacA/B-containing strains of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from infected US patients. All qac-carrying strains were clonally diverse, and qacA strains exhibited increased tolerance to chlorhexidine as measured by minimum inhibitory concentrations, minimum bactericidal concentrations, and postexposure colony counts.
journal_name
Infect Control Hosp Epidemioljournal_title
Infection control and hospital epidemiologyauthors
McGann P,Kwak YI,Summers A,Cummings JF,Waterman PE,Lesho EPdoi
10.1086/662380subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2011-11-01 00:00:00pages
1116-9issue
11eissn
0899-823Xissn
1559-6834pii
S0195941700030149journal_volume
32pub_type
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更新日期:2008-03-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2002-09-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2007-10-01 00:00:00
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