Staphylococcus saprophyticus,Mecillinam

Minna Rud Andreasen1, Filip Jansåker2, Jesper Iversen3

  • 1Department of Science and Environment, Roskilde University, Roskilde, Denmark; Department of Clinical Microbiology, Hvidovre University Hospital, Hvidovre, Denmark.

概括

梅西林的最小抑制度 (MIC) 为Staphylococcus saprophyticus集群在32-64毫克/升,表明在尿路感染 (UTI) 中的临床有效性. 需要进行进一步的研究,以确定这种常见的尿路感染病原体的断点.

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