Mechanisms of Resistance To -Lactam Antibiotics in Staphylococcus aureus

S. aureus has shown a great power of adaptation to antimicrobial agents, acquiring, step-by step, resistance to all available antibiotics for treatment of the infections it causes. S. aureus has three major mechanisms of resistance to B-lactam antibiotics: enzyme mediated (penicillinase or B-lactama...

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Main Authors: Maribel Castellano González, Armindo Perozo Mena
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad del Zulia,Facultad de Medicina,Departamento de Enfermedades Infecciosas y Tropicales 2010-08-01
Series:Kasmera
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Online Access:https://produccioncientificaluz.org/index.php/kasmera/article/view/4853