title: [Course of the resistance of Staphylococcus aureus to pefloxacin. A study based on 782 strains isolated in 1985 and 1986].
abstract: We studied the evolution of the resistance of Staphylococcus aureus to pefloxacin during 1985 and 1986 in eight hospital units. The pefloxacin resistant Staphylococcus aureus, which amounted to 8.9% in 1985 reached 27% in 1986. They are found mainly among the methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus. There is no obvious relationship between this resistance and the consumption of pefloxacin in each of the units.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Bactériologie, Hôpital Lapeyronie, Montpellier, France.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jean-Pierre
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Boyer
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jean
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Darbas
mesh_terms: D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D006748:Hospital Departments; D009154:Mutation; D015366:Pefloxacin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000235:genetics; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D015366:Pefloxacin
vernacular_title: Evolution de la résistance des Staphylococcus aureus à la péfloxacine. Etude portant sur 782 souches isolées en 1985 et 1986.