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. 1989 Apr;33(4):593-4.
doi: 10.1128/AAC.33.4.593.

Widespread quinolone resistance among methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates in a general hospital

I Shalit  1 , S A Berger, A Gorea, H Frimerman
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Widespread quinolone resistance among methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates in a general hospital

I Shalit et al. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1989 Apr.

Abstract

Ofloxacin and ciprofloxacin resistance (MIC, greater than 4 micrograms/ml) was encountered in 45 of 50 clinical isolates of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. None of 20 methicillin-susceptible strains was resistant to the quinolones (P less than 10(-6). Quinolone-susceptible and -resistant isolates did not differ with respect to culture source or bacteriophage type. The future usefulness of quinolones for S. aureus infection may be limited.

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