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. 1987 Oct;25(10):1932-3.
doi: 10.1128/jcm.25.10.1932-1933.1987.

Predominance of capsular polysaccharide type 5 among oxacillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

J M Fournier  1 , A Bouvet, A Boutonnier, A Audurier, F Goldstein, J Pierre, A Bure, L Lebrun, H K Hochkeppel
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Predominance of capsular polysaccharide type 5 among oxacillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

J M Fournier et al. J Clin Microbiol. 1987 Oct.

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.

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