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Pattern of antibiotic and heavy-metal ion resistance in recent hospital isolates of Staphylococcus aureus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 October 2009

M. R. Millar ,
N. Griffin  and
N. Keyworth
M. R. Millar
Affiliation:
Departments of Medical Microbiology and Pathology, Leeds General Infirmary
N. Griffin
Affiliation:
Departments of Medical Microbiology and Pathology, Leeds General Infirmary
N. Keyworth
Affiliation:
Departments of Medical Microbiology and Pathology, Leeds General Infirmary
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Two hundred and one strains of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from in-patients and out-patients were examined for sensitivity to antibiotics, heavy-metal ions and ethidium bromide and for phage-typing pattern.

Heavy-metal ion resistance was less frequent than reported in previous studies and was as frequent in penicillinase non-producing as producing strains. ‘Methicillin-resistant’ strains were resistance to ethidium bromide and mercury. Resistance to heavy-metal ions, including cadmium, may bo becoming less common amongst clinical isolates of S. aureus.

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Research Article
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Epidemiology & Infection , Volume 99 , Issue 2 , October 1987 , pp. 343 - 347
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1987

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