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Antibiotic susceptibility of Staphylococcus aureus
Author(s) -
Mutton Kenneth J.,
Andrew John H.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1982.tb132415.x
Subject(s) - staphylococcus aureus , erythromycin , penicillin , minocycline , microbiology and biotechnology , antibiotics , antimicrobial , medicine , biology , bacteria , genetics
Over 250 strains of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from patients who presented with infections acquired outside the hospital were tested for susceptibility to penicillin G, minocycline and erythromycin. Only 15.5% of strains could be regarded as sensitive to penicillin, whereas 99.2% and 90.2% were sensitive to minocycline and erythromycin respectively. Beta‐haemolytic streptococci were found in association with Staph, aureus in 17.5% of the lesions cultured in this survey. The susceptibility of a further 100 strains of methicillin‐sensitive Staph, aureus to a wider range of antimicrobial agents was also examined.