[Bacteriophage types of staphylococcus aureus in neonatal wards of hospitals in Gdansk region during the years 1984-1991].
Investigated 3558 strains of S. aureus were obtained from healthy newborn infants in neonatal wards. The staphylococci were classified as S. aureus on the basis of a positive coagulase test. Bacteriophage typing was performed with a basic set of phages and an additional phage (187), according to the method Blair and Williams, in RTD and RTD x 100. Additionally, susceptibility of staphylococcal phagotypes isolated in the years 1988-1991 to antibiotic from penicillin and cephalosporin groups, trimethoprim-sulphamethoxazole, erythromycin, lincomycin and doxycycline, was determined by disc diffusion method. Among tested strains phagotypes of group II dominated. They constituted 31.3% of all present phagotypes. Second in frequency were phagotypes of group V and III (13.2% and 10.0%). Large number of staphylococci (22.9%) was typable at the same time with phages belonging to different phage groups. Tested staphylococci were highly resistant to penicillin (98.8%), ampicillin (98.9%), cloxacillin (38.6%), carbenicillin (32.6%) and doxycycline (45.6%).
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Katedra i Zakład Mikrobiologii Lekarskiej AM, Gdańsku.
Galiński
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D001434:Bacteriophage Typing; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D006748:Hospital Departments; D006801:Humans; D007224:Infant Care; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D010362:Patients' Rooms; D011044:Poland; D012016:Reference Values; D013045:Species Specificity; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000145:classification* / Q000187:drug effects
Typy bakteriofagowe gronkowców złocistych w oddziałach noworodkowych szpitali województwa gdańskiego w latach 1984-1991.