Low level SZ-lactamase production in methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus strains with SZ-lactam antibiotics-induced vancomycin resistance Full Text
BMC Microbiology, 05/09/2012
Clinical Article
Hirao Y et al. – Authors concluded that BIVR cells gain vancomycin resistance by the elimination or inactivation of SZ–lactamase production, thereby preserving SZ–lactam antibiotics in milieu, stimulating peptidoglycan metabolism, and depleting free vancomycin to a level below the minimum inhibitory concentration of vancomycin.



