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Resistance to β‐Lactam Antibiotics

Brigitte Berger‐Bächi, Maria M. Senn, Miriam Ender, Kati Seidl, Judith Hübscher, Bettina Schulthess, Roni Heusser, Patricia Stutzmann Meier, Nadine McCallum

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This chapter contains sections titled: Introduction Evolution of β-lactam resistance in Staphylococcus aureus Mechanism of β-lactam action Penicillinases Methicillin resistance Chromosomal genes modulating methicillin resistance Borderline methicillin resistance in the absence of mecA Small-Colony variants Surface adherence and methicillin resistance Methicillin versus glycopeptide resistance Acknowledgments References

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Key concepts: Microbiology, Glycopeptide, Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Antibiotic resistance, SCCmec, Antibiotics, Lactam, Resistance (ecology)