Abstract
Individual or multiple resistance to clindamycin, tetracycline, erythromycin, levofloxacin, or mupirocin was detected in a large proportion of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus pulsed-field type USA300 isolates collected at an ambulatory health center in Boston. The clindamycin, tetracycline, and mupirocin resistance genes identified in these isolates are commonly associated with plasmids.
MeSH terms
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Ambulatory Care Facilities
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Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
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Bacterial Typing Techniques
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Boston
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Clindamycin / pharmacology*
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DNA Fingerprinting
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DNA, Bacterial / genetics
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Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial*
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Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
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Female
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Genotype
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Humans
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Male
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Methicillin Resistance*
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Plasmids / genetics
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Staphylococcal Infections / microbiology
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Staphylococcus aureus / classification
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Staphylococcus aureus / drug effects*
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Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification*
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Tetracycline Resistance*
Substances
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Anti-Bacterial Agents
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DNA, Bacterial
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Clindamycin