使用全基因组测序和传输电子显微镜在奥地利的两个达尔巴万辛耐药MRSA菌株中揭示了新的突变模式和形态变异

Julian Frederic Hotz1,2,3, Moritz Staudacher1,4, Katharina Schefberger1

  • 1Department of Medicine I, Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, 1090, Austria.

BMC infectious diseases
|September 2, 2024
PubMed
概括

在MRSA血流感染中达尔巴万辛耐药性是一个越来越令人担忧的问题. 这项研究确定了pbp2基因中的新型突变是这种耐药性的潜在原因,突出了持续监测的必要性.

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