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Transfer of gentamicin resistance between coagulase-negative and coagulase-positive staphylococci on skin

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 March 2010

Jay Naidoo  and
W. C. Noble
Jay Naidoo
Affiliation:
Department of Bacteriology, Institute of Dermatology, Homerton Grove, London, E9 6BX
W. C. Noble
Affiliation:
Department of Bacteriology, Institute of Dermatology, Homerton Grove, London, E9 6BX
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The transfer of gentamicin resistance between a coagulase-negative S. hominis strain and various coagulase-positive S. aureus strains on human and murine skin in the absence of a selective agent is described. Transfer occurs at higher frequency on skin than in broth. Skin transfer may account for the apparently explosive occurrence of gentamicin resistant staphylococci in hospitals.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 86 , Issue 2 , April 1981 , pp. 183 - 187
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1981

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