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. 1976 Jan 3;1(7949):20-1.
doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(76)92912-3.

Gentamicin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus

A Porthouse, D F Brown, R G Smith, T Rogers

Gentamicin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus

A Porthouse et al. Lancet. .

Abstract

A clinical isolate of Staphylococcus aureus was resistant to gentamicin, kanamycin, and tobramycin by virtue of the production of a drug-inactivating enzyme. Attempts to establish the cellular location of the genetic determinants for enzyme synthesis have given equivocal results.

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