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Resistencia al linezolid en un aislado clínico de Staphylococcus aureus
Lancet (London, England)
|July 31, 2001
Resumen
Se identificó una nueva cepa de Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) resistente a la meticilina y resistente a los linezolidos. Este descubrimiento es significativo ya que la resistencia al linezolid no se había observado previamente en aislamientos clínicos de S aureus.
Área de la Ciencia:
- La resistencia a los antimicrobianos.
- Microbiología clínica microbiología clínica.
- Enfermedades infecciosas Las enfermedades infecciosas.
Sus antecedentes:
- Linezolid es un antibiótico crucial de la oxazolidinona para el tratamiento de infecciones bacterianas gram-positivas.
- Es eficaz contra patógenos difíciles como el Staphylococcus aureus resistente a la meticilina (MRSA) y los enterococos resistentes a la vancomicina (VRE).
- Si bien la resistencia al linezolid está documentada en VRE, no se ha observado previamente en S. aureus.
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