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Comparative Study
. 1983 Sep;24(3):450-2.
doi: 10.1128/AAC.24.3.450.

Comparative analysis of conjugative plasmids mediating gentamicin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus

R V Goering, E A Ruff
Comparative Study

Comparative analysis of conjugative plasmids mediating gentamicin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus

R V Goering et al. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1983 Sep.

Abstract

Five gentamicin-resistant clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus were found to contain self-transmissible plasmids of 32 to 37 megadaltons in size. Restriction endonuclease digests of the plasmids were markedly similar to those of reference plasmids of unrelated geographical origin, thus suggesting the significant contribution of common conjugal plasmids to the emergence of gentamicin resistance in S. aureus populations.

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