Pattern of antibiotic and heavy-metal ion resistance in recent hospital isolates of Staphylococcus aureus.
Two hundred and one strains of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from in-patients and out-patients were examined for sensitivity to antibiotics, heavy-metal ions and ethidium bromide and for phage-typing pattern. Heavy-metal ion resistance was less frequent than reported in previous studies and was as frequent in penicillinase non-producing as producing strains. 'Methicillin-resistant' strains were resistance to ethidium bromide and mercury. Resistance to heavy-metal ions, including cadmium, may be becoming less common amongst clinical isolates of S. aureus.
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001149:Arsenates / Q000494:pharmacology; D001434:Bacteriophage Typing; D002104:Cadmium / Q000494:pharmacology; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D004996:Ethidium / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients; D008628:Mercury / Q000494:pharmacology; D008670:Metals / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010045:Outpatients; D010405:Penicillinase / Q000096:biosynthesis; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000145:classification / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000201:enzymology
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D001149:Arsenates; D008670:Metals; D002104:Cadmium; D010405:Penicillinase; D004996:Ethidium; D008628:Mercury