Survival ability of clinical isolates of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
The survival abilities of methicillin-resistant strains of Staphylococcus aureus were compared with those of sensitive strains. Absorbent cotton was inoculated with 10(8) cells of each strain tested and stored at 30% humidity at 25 degrees C. The numbers of cells of sensitive strains decreased significantly to well below those of resistant strains after 4 weeks, while cells of resistant strains remained above 10(3) after 14 weeks.
Department of Microbiology, Tokyo College of Pharmacy, Japan.
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Sasatsu
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Shibata
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Noguchi
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Nagata
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Murata
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Ogata
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Kono
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D016106:Methicillin Resistance; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000187:drug effects*
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents