Transfer of gentamicin resistance between coagulase-negative and coagulase-positive staphylococci on skin
- 1 February 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Epidemiology and Infection
- Vol. 86 (2), 183-187
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022172400068893
Abstract
SUMMARY: The transfer of gentamicin resistance between a coagulase-negative S. hominis strain and various coagulase-positive S. aureus strains on human and murine skin in the absence of a selective agent is described. Transfer occurs at higher frequency on skin than in broth. Skin transfer may account for the apparently explosive occurrence of gentamicin resistant staphylococci in hospitals.Keywords
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