Widespread quinolone resistance among methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates in a general hospital
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- 1 April 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
- Vol. 33 (4) , 593-594
- https://doi.org/10.1128/aac.33.4.593
Abstract
Ofloxacin and ciprofloxacin resistance (MIC, greater than 4 micrograms/ml) was encountered in 45 of 50 clinical isolates of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. None of 20 methicillin-susceptible strains was resistant to the quinolones (P less than 10(-6). Quinolone-susceptible and -resistant isolates did not differ with respect to culture source or bacteriophage type. The future usefulness of quinolones for S. aureus infection may be limited.This publication has 12 references indexed in Scilit:
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