title: Gentamicin- and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: phenotypic and genotypic characterization of three putative nosocomial outbreak strains.
abstract: Nineteen representative isolates of gentamicin- and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) were found to comprise three phenotypes; these differed with regard to hydrolysis of nitrocefin and production of staphylococcal enterotoxin A or/and toxic shock syndrome toxin-1. All MRSA isolates produced a capsule and were susceptible to coumermycin, nitrofurantoin, novobiocin, trimethoprim, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, teicoplanin and vancomycin. All MRSA isolates were resistant to co-amoxiclav, ciprofloxacin, clarithromycin, gentamicin, methicillin, norfloxacin, ofloxacin, oxacillin and polymyxin B.
authors: Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie und Hygiene, Universität des Saarlandes, Homburg/Saar, Germany.
authors: W H
authors: WH
authors: Traub
authors: B
authors: B
authors: Leonhard
authors: D
authors: D
authors: Bauer
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000382:microbiology*; D005839:Gentamicins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D008712:Methicillin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D016106:Methicillin Resistance; D010406:Penicillins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010641:Phenotype; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D005839:Gentamicins; D010406:Penicillins; D008712:Methicillin