@article {Fokas:April 2005:1198-743X:337, author = "Fokas, S.", author = "Tsironi, M.", author = "Kalkani, M.", author = "Dionysopouloy, M.", title = "Prevalence of inducible clindamycin resistance in macrolide-resistant Staphylococcus spp.", journal = "Clinical Microbiology & Infection", volume = "11", year = "April 2005", abstract = "
Between January 2002 and December 2003, macrolide-resistant isolates of Staphylococcus aureus (n = 45) and coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS; n = 75) from a Greek hospital were examined phenotypically for inducible clindamycin resistance. The constitutive macrolide resistance phenotype predominated (60%) in S. aureus, followed by the inducible (35%) and the clindamycin-susceptible (5%) phenotypes. In CoNS, the inducible phenotype was more common than the constitutive phenotype (50% vs. 41%). There was a significant incidence of inducible clindamycin resistance, and screening of all staphylococci is necessary in order to differentiate inducibly resistant isolates from those that are truly sensitive.", pages = "337-340(4)", url = "http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/bsc/clm/2005/00000011/00000004/art00014" doi = "doi:10.1111/j.1469-0691.2005.01101.x" }