| Literature DB >> 3667914 |
J M Fournier1, A Bouvet, A Boutonnier, A Audurier, F Goldstein, J Pierre, A Bure, L Lebrun, H K Hochkeppel.
Abstract
The relationship between capsular polysaccharide types 5 and 8 and resistance of Staphylococcus aureus to oxacillin was studied with a collection of 406 clinical isolates from six French hospitals. Of 175 type 5 isolates, 84 (48%) were resistant to oxacillin. In contrast, only 8 of 160 type 8 isolates (5%) and 5 of 71 nontypeable isolates (7%) were resistant to oxacillin. Therefore, capsular typing of clinical isolates of S. aureus may facilitate the choice of first-line antibiotic therapy.Entities:
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Year: 1987 PMID: 3667914 PMCID: PMC269370 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.25.10.1932-1933.1987
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN: 0095-1137 Impact factor: 5.948