ARCHIVES OF MEDICAL RESEARCH, cilt.34, sa.2, ss.130-136, 2003 (SCI-Expanded)
Background. Presence of staphylococci resistant to antibiotics is of concern, as is the possible spread of resistance determinants among Staphylococcus species. During the past several years, a series of staphylococcal isolates that demonstrated reduced susceptibility to vancomycin or other glycopeptides has been reported. However, there are no useful data on species sensitivity of coagulase-negative staphylococci to heavy metals.