RESEARCH NOTE: Prevalence and mechanisms of macrolide resistance among Staphylococcus epidermidis isolates from neutropenic patients in Tunisia

• Published in: Clinical microbiology and infection Vol. 13; no. 1; pp. 103 - 106
• Main Authors: Bouchami, O, Achour, W, Ben Hassen, A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 01.01.2007
• Subjects: Staphylococcus epidermidis

The prevalence of macrolide-lincosamide-streptogramin (MLS) resistance phenotypes was determined among erythromycin-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis isolates collected at the Bone Marrow Transplant Centre, Tunisia during 2002. The erm(A), erm(B), erm(C), msrA, mefA and icaA genes were detected b...