The effect of selective antibiotic pressure on the MLS-B phenotype in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains originating from patients from transplantation wards – 24 years of observations

Staphylococcus aureus infection, and HA-MRSA in particular, is a serious risk for patients treated with organ transplantation. The frequent combined resistance of these bacteria to macrolides, lincosamides and streptogramin-B (MLS-B) limits the use of these drugs in therapy.

Source: Transplantation Proceedings - April 27, 2018 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Ksenia Szymanek-Majchrzak, Andrzej Mlynarczyk, Malgorzata Bilinska, Marcin Rownicki, Krzysztof Majchrzak, Andrzej Chmura, Artur Kwiatkowski, Magdalena Durlik, Dominika Deborska-Materkowska, Leszek Paczek, Grazyna Mlynarczyk Source Type: research