Uncategorized
Trend for methicillin resistance in ocular isolates remains high
CHICAGO — Methicillin resistance among both Staphylococcus aureus and coagulase-negative staphylococci remains high and the “issue is not going away,” a speaker here said in a report of a 10-year analysis of antimicrobial trends. “Methicillin resistance has not gone to zero, nor did we expect it to,” Penny A. Asbell, MD, FACS, MBA, said at the American Academy of Ophthalmology meeting.