Molecular epidemiology of resistance to macrolides-lincosamides-streptogramins in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) causing bloodstream infections in patients admitted to Belgian hospitals

J Antimicrob Chemother. 2002 Nov;50(5):755-7. doi: 10.1093/jac/dkf197.

Authors

Olivier Denis, Juana Magdalena, Ariane Deplano, Claire Nonhoff, Erik Hendrickx, Marc J Struelens

PMID: 12407137
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkf197

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
Belgium / epidemiology
Cross Infection / drug therapy*
Cross Infection / epidemiology*
Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial / genetics*
Humans
Macrolides
Methicillin Resistance / genetics*
Patient Admission / statistics & numerical data
Staphylococcal Infections / drug therapy*
Staphylococcal Infections / epidemiology*
Staphylococcal Infections / microbiology
Staphylococcus aureus / drug effects
Staphylococcus aureus / genetics*
Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification
Streptogramins / pharmacology
Streptogramins / therapeutic use

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Macrolides
Streptogramins