Unusual Properties Of Staphylococcus Aureus Strains of the New Epidemic Phage Type-95
- 1 December 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Microbiology Society in Journal of Medical Microbiology
- Vol. 20 (3), 325-333
- https://doi.org/10.1099/00222615-20-3-325
Abstract
Three hundred and seventy-one penicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains of phage type 95 isolated in the years 1977–1983 were investigated. They had characteristic resistance patterns to cadmium (Cd), arsenate (As) and mercury (Hg). Most were susceptible to all three heavy metals; 25 strains were resistant to As only and one to Cd and As. The susceptible strains had a uniform medium level of penicillinase production, whereas the As-resistant strains produced large amounts of penicillinase. In most of the strains, penicillin resistance was located on a very unstable penicillinase plasmid.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
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