Effect of antibiotic resistance on the survival of Staphylococcus aureus.

Journal of clinical pathology ·Vol. 25 ·No. 8 ·1972-08-00 ·Pages 713-5

Lacey RW

Abstract

The survival of strains of Staphylococcus aureus on glass at 30 degrees C, 37 degrees C, and room temperature was compared with derivatives of them that had either lost or gained naturally occurring antibiotic resistance. In other properties the sets of strains were identical. Neither loss nor gain of antibiotic resistance (methicillin, penicillinase, streptomycin, tetracycline, erythromycin, neomycin) altered survival.

MeSH Terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents/pharmacology Cell Survival Erythromycin/pharmacology Hot Temperature Methicillin/pharmacology Neomycin/pharmacology Penicillin Resistance Penicillinase/pharmacology Staphylococcus/drug effects Streptomycin/pharmacology Tetracycline/pharmacology

Chemicals

Anti-Bacterial Agents Erythromycin Penicillinase Tetracycline Neomycin Methicillin Streptomycin

Authors & Affiliations

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Lacey R W

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7 references, click to expand

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Article Info

Journal

Journal of clinical pathology

Abbr.

J Clin Pathol

ISSN

0021-9746

DOI

10.1136/jcp.25.8.713

Published

1972-08-00

Pages

713-5

Language

English

Region

England

NLM ID

0376601

PMCID

PMC477484

Subset

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PubMed source DOI: 10.1136/jcp.25.8.713 PMC Full Text View journal details

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