PENICILLIN RESISTANCE IN STAPHYLOCOCCI ISOLATED IN A CASUALTY DEPARTMENT
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- 1 July 1960
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in Journal of Clinical Pathology
- Vol. 13 (4) , 336-338
- https://doi.org/10.1136/jcp.13.4.336
Abstract
The results of a series of antibiotic resistance tests on 118 strains of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from patients attending a casualty department are recorded. Forty-six per cent. of the strains were resistant to penicillin, 12% to streptomycin, 7.5% to tetracycline, and small numbers to the other antibiotics. It is suggested that tetracycline should be used in those infections which are sufficiently severe to merit antibiotic treatment.Keywords
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