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Transmissible mupirocin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

Mary Rahman ,
W. C. Noble  and
B. Cookson
Mary Rahman
Affiliation:
Department of Microbiology, Institute of Dermatology, United Medical and Dental Schools, London
W. C. Noble*
Affiliation:
Department of Microbiology, Institute of Dermatology, United Medical and Dental Schools, London
B. Cookson
Affiliation:
Department of Medical Microbiology, St Thomas's Hospital, United Medical and Dental Schools, London
*
Professor W. C. Noble, Department of Microbiology, Institute of Dermatology, United Medical and Dental Schools, Lambeth Hospital, London SEll 4TH, UK.
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The spread of two strains of Staphylococcus aureus with high level resistance to mupirocin is described. The resistance proved to be easily transferred to other S. aureus strains by filter mating experiments and on the skin of mice. No plasmid band corresponding to the resistance could be demonstrated by agarose gel electrophoresis or by caesium chloride gradient centrifugation but cleavage of ‘chromosomal’ DNA from resistant recipients showed bright bands of DNA absent from sensitive controls.

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Research Article
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Epidemiology & Infection , Volume 102 , Issue 2 , April 1989 , pp. 261 - 270
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1989

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