TYPING OF METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS-AUREUS BY ANTIBIOTIC-RESISTANCE PHENOTYPES

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GILLESPIE, MT [1 ]
LYON, BR [1 ]
SKURRAY, RA [1 ]
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[1] MONASH UNIV,DEPT MICROBIOL,CLAYTON,VIC 3168,AUSTRALIA
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10.1099/00222615-31-1-57
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Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 ; 100705 ;
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The identification of new epidemic strains of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus is essential for rapid, effective infection control. We have developed a typing method which uses antibiotic sensitivity patterns to differentiate methicillin-resistant S. aureus and which is faster and more cost-effective than biochemical analysis or bacteriophage typing. Characterisation of phenotypes which are chromosomally-encoded, plasmid- or chromosomally-encoded or exclusively plasmid-mediated has enabled us to separate Australian strains of methicillin-resistant S. aureus into 11 classes, representatives of which were indistinguishable by bacteriophage type, or plasmid profile alone. The value of this procedure is thus clearly shown.
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