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The incidence of inducible macrolide‐lincosamide‐streptogramin B resistance in methicillin‐resistant staphylococci in clinical isolates from the Eastern Cape area of South Africa
Author(s) -
Gardee Y.,
Kirby R.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
letters in applied microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.698
H-Index - 110
eISSN - 1472-765X
pISSN - 0266-8254
DOI - 10.1111/j.1472-765x.1993.tb01462.x
Subject(s) - cape , microbiology and biotechnology , incidence (geometry) , micrococcaceae , biology , antibacterial agent , antibiotics , geography , physics , archaeology , optics
The incidence of inducible macrolide‐lincosamide‐streptogramin B resistance in methicillin‐resistant staphylococci in clinical isolates from the Eastern Cape area of South Africa is shown to be higher than might be expected. A significant difference in the frequency between different hospital and different population groups was identified. RAPD fingerprinting of the strains suggests that this difference is mirrored in the presence of different Staphylococcus aureus strains in the different hospitals. It is proposed that the significantly higher level of overcrowding in certain hospitals in worsening the problem of multiple antibiotic resistance in the Eastern Cape.