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- Title
Mupirocin resistance among staphylococci: trends in the southern region of Ireland.
- Authors
O'Shea, Susan; Cotter, Lesley; Creagh, Sinead; Lydon, Sara; Lucey, Brigid
- Abstract
The article discusses the prevalence and types of mupirocin resistance in a population of clinical staphylococcal isolates, including methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA), methicillin-resistant SA (MRSA) and coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS). Overall the collection of staphylococci demonstrated 8.7 percent high-level mupirocin resistance (HMR) and 3.3 percent low-level MR (LMR). There is evidence that HMR is associated with multiple clonal groups.
- Subjects
MUPIROCIN; DRUG resistance; METHICILLIN-resistant staphylococcus aureus; STAPHYLOCOCCUS aureus; METHICILLIN resistance; ANTIBIOTICS
- Publication
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (JAC), 2009, Vol 64, Issue 3, p649
- ISSN
0305-7453
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/jac/dkp227