title: Infections by gram-positive bacteria: an overview.
abstract: Staphylococcus aureus, which has exceptional ability to cause disease in man, has responded to the introductions of antimicrobial agents by the selection and emergence of antibiotic-resistant strains. There have been cyclical changes in the prevalence of these strains in nosocomial infections. Other Gram-positive species that give rise to concern, for related reasons, are Staph. epidermidis and other coagulase-negative staphylococci, Streptococcus faecalis and the JK group of corynebacteria. These problems are discussed to provide a background for the contributions that follow.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemotherapy, University of Pavia, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gialdroni Grassi
mesh_terms: D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000188:drug therapy*; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D006094:Gram-Positive Bacteria / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans