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intermediate resistance

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intermediate resistance
Infectious disease Partial resistance of a bacterium to a particular antibiotic that falls short of resistance


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A recent report from Bangladesh mentioned that 16% of Shigella isolates were resistant to azithromycin and that 62% had intermediate resistance according to the Clinical Laboratory Standards Institute breakpoints recommended for streptococci ([greater than or equal to]1 mg/L, resistant; <0.
Macrolide-resistant Shigella sonnei by Boumghar-Bourtchai, Leyla; Mariani-Kurkdjian, Patricia; Bingen, Edouard; Filliol, Ingrid; Dhalluin, / Emerging Infectious Diseases
There have recently been reports of strains of MRSA that have intermediate resistance to vancomycin.
Comparison of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) ... by Fadheel, Zena H.; Perry, Holly E.; Henderson, Ross A. / New Zealand Journal of Medical Laboratory Science
9% intermediate resistance among the GAS isolates tested.
Group A Streptococcus: another resistant pathogen by Rye, Anna Kathryn / Southern Medical Journal
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