background: macrolides, lincosamides and type b streptogramins (mlsb) are commonly used for the treatment of staphylococcal infections. inducible mlsb resistance (imlsb) cannot be identified by standard methods of antibiotic susceptibility testing. d-test appears to be a reliable indicator of imlsb strains. the aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of clindamycin resistance phenotyp...

As social insects, termites live in densely populated colonies with specialized castes under conditions conducive to microbial growth and transmission. Furthermore, termites are exposed to xenobiotics in soil and their lignocellulose diet. Therefore, termites are valuable models for studying gene expression involved in response to septic injury, immunity and detoxification in relation to caste ...