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Enterococcus faecalis plays a significant role in hospital-acquired infections (HAIs), and combination of penicillin with aminoglycoside is important in therapy of invasive HAIs. Penicillin resistance in this organism is due to modification of the drug target, penicillin-binding protein (PBP5), its overproduction and expression of β-lactamase. Although rare, this phenotype is often associated with...
Meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is one of the main causes of hospital-acquired infections, but since late 1990s also the community-acquired. For better understanding of the S. aureus epidemiology there is an urgent need for creation of new typing method for SCCmec element. The molecular typing of MRSA for epidemiological purposes is investigated by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis...
The problem of antimicrobial resistance surveillance in Europe has been debated extensively in many excellent documents issued by national committees that often assume the value of national guidelines. However, a comprehensive document addressing the whole matter from a European perspective, as well as reviewing its present status and drafting future perspectives, has been lacking. The present recommendations...
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