A 10 year study of resistance of Staphylococcus aureus to selected antimicrobials in three Venezuelan centres

Five hundred and fifty four strains of S. aureus isolated between 1990 to 1999 from patients with clinical infections were selected from three centres in Caracas, Venezuela. A total of 401 (81.4%) of the isolates were resistant to methicillin, 534 (96.4%) were resistant to penicillin. All isolates w...

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Published in:International journal of antimicrobial agents 2000-11, Vol.16 (3), p.253-253
Main Authors: Rodriquez, A J, Rodriquez, C N, Meijomil, P, García, A, Duque, C, Molina, N, Lakatos, M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anti-Bacterial Agents - pharmacology
Drug Resistance, Microbial
Humans
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Staphylococcal Infections - microbiology
Staphylococcus aureus
Staphylococcus aureus - drug effects
Staphylococcus aureus - isolation & purification
Venezuela
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Summary:Five hundred and fifty four strains of S. aureus isolated between 1990 to 1999 from patients with clinical infections were selected from three centres in Caracas, Venezuela. A total of 401 (81.4%) of the isolates were resistant to methicillin, 534 (96.4%) were resistant to penicillin. All isolates were fully susceptible to vancomycin.
ISSN:0924-8579
DOI:10.1016/S0924-8579(00)00209-0