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Interspecific co-transfer of antibiotic resistance plasmids in staphylococci in vivo

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 October 2009

Jay Naidoo
Jay Naidoo
Affiliation:
Department of Bacteriology, Institute of Dermatology, London E9 6BX
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The co-transfer of plasmid-borne genes governing resistance to gentamicin, tetracycline, erythromycin and chloramphenicol has been demonstrated on human and mouse skin. Two different gentamicin resistance plasmids have been studied in detail; both appear to have the ability to mobilize in vivo otherwise non-transferable resistance plasmids from coagulase-negative to coagulase-positive staphylococci. This emphasises the role of the skin in maintaining a pool of resistance genes available to pathogenic staphylococci.

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Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 93 , Issue 1 , August 1984 , pp. 59 - 66
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1984

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