Methicillin-resistant strains of Staphylococcus aureus resistant to quinolones
- 1 February 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Clinical Microbiology
- Vol. 27 (2) , 335-336
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.27.2.335-336.1989
Abstract
Since January 1988, Staphylococcus aureus strains with a high level of quinolone resistance have been isolated at 17 hospitals and 15 nursing homes in New York City [New York, USA]. The majority of these strains were methicillin resistant. The bacteriophage types and susceptibility to other antibiotics were similar to thoe of quinolone-susceptible strains isolated at the same hospitals.This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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