Resistance ofStaphylococcus aureusto sulphamethoxazole and trimethoprim
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- 1 August 1972
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in Journal of Clinical Pathology
- Vol. 25 (8), 708-712
- https://doi.org/10.1136/jcp.25.8.708
Abstract
Strains of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from the lesions of hospital patients were surveyed for resistance to sulphamethoxazole and to trimethoprim. Of 675 strains tested, 18·5% were resistant to sulphamethoxazole and 1·6% to trimethoprim. All the trimethoprim-resistant strains were resistant to sulphamethoxazole and to a 1:20 mixture of the two drugs. Trimethoprim-resistant strains were on average more resistant to sulphamethoxazole than were trimethoprim-sensitive strains. They were all resistant to several other antimicrobial agents. Most of them had the phage-typing pattern 84/85, 84, or 85.Keywords
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