[Course of the resistance of Staphylococcus aureus to pefloxacin. A study based on 782 strains isolated in 1985 and 1986].
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.
Jean-Pierre
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Laboratoire de Bactériologie, Hôpital Lapeyronie, Montpellier, France.
Boyer
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Jean
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Darbas
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D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D006748:Hospital Departments; D009154:Mutation; D015366:Pefloxacin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000235:genetics; D013997:Time Factors
D015366:Pefloxacin
Evolution de la résistance des Staphylococcus aureus à la péfloxacine. Etude portant sur 782 souches isolées en 1985 et 1986.