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| Coutinho,Vivian de Lima Spode; Paiva,Rodrigo Minuto; Reiter,Keli Cristine; de-Paris,Fernanda; Barth,Afonso Luis; Machado,Alice Beatriz Mombach Pinheiro. |
| INTRODUCTION: Resistance to macrolides, lincosamides and streptogramins B (MLS B antibiotics) in staphylococci may be due to modification in ribosomal target methylase encoded by erm genes. The expression of MLS B resistance lead to three phenotypes, namely constitutive resistance (cMLS B), inducible resistance (iMLS B), and resistance only to macrolides and streptogramins B (MS B). The iMLS B resistance is the most difficult to detect in the clinical laboratory. OBJECTIVE: This study investigated the expression of MLS B resistance and the prevalence of the erm genes among 152 clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus and coagulase-negative Staphylococcus (CNS) from Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre. METHODS: Primary MLS B resistance was detected by... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Staphylococcus; Resistance; Erm genes; Macrolides. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702010000600004 |
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