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Comparative sensitivity to antibiotics and biocides of methicillin‐resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated from Saudi Arabia and Great Britain
Author(s) -
AlMasaudi S.B.,
Russell A.D.,
Day M.J.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
journal of applied bacteriology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.889
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1365-2672
pISSN - 0021-8847
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2672.1991.tb03796.x
Subject(s) - microbiology and biotechnology , staphylococcus aureus , gentamicin , antibiotics , biology , methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus , biocide , antibiotic resistance , bacteria , medicine , genetics , pathology
S.B. AL‐MASAUDI, A.D. RUSSELL AND M.J. DAY. 1991. Methicillin‐resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolated in Saudi Arabia and Great Britain were examined for susceptibility to antibiotics and biocides. The strains differed in their sensitivity patterns. None of the Saudi strains showed resistance to propamidine isethionate, but most of the British gentamicin methicillin‐resistant Staph. aureus (GMRSA) strains were highly resistant to this compound and to some other nucleic acid‐binding (NAB) compounds. Both groups showed a low level of resistance towards quaternary ammonium compounds (QACs), but resistance to these compounds was not associated with resistance to gentamicin in the Saudi strains. The aminoglycoside‐resistant determinants were non‐conjugative in these strains. Natural MRSA strains were good recipients for pWG613, but transferred this plasmid in reciprocal crosses at significantly lower rates.