1. [Gram positive multi-drug resistance: what probability and fear?].
- Author
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Lina G and Cattoir V
- Subjects
- Anti-Bacterial Agents therapeutic use, Enterococcus faecium drug effects, Epidemics statistics & numerical data, Europe epidemiology, Fear, Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections drug therapy, Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections microbiology, Humans, Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus drug effects, Probability, Staphylococcal Infections drug therapy, Staphylococcal Infections epidemiology, Drug Resistance, Multiple, Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections epidemiology
- Abstract
Antibiotic resistance in Gram-positive bacteria already has a significant impact on morbidity and mortality. The situation is particularly alarming in the case of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and glycopeptide-resistant Enterococcus faecium, which have shown an ability to spread to new ecological niches and to generate new clones with both increased drug resistance and increased virulence. The potential for genetic exchanges between these two species raises the specter of highly resistant and virulent S. aureus strains.
- Published
- 2014