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The prevalence, antibiotic susceptibility and phage-type of nasally carriedStaphylococcus aureus in the dublin community

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A study was undertaken to determine the distribution, antibiotic susceptibility and phage type pattern of nasally-carriedStaphylococcus aureus in the community. Coagulase-positive staphylococci were isolated from 180 of 440 individuals. The rate was higher in the inner city and among young adults and middle-aged males. The isolates were examined for phage-type patterns and antibiofic susceptibility. Most (60.6%) of the isolates were typable either at Routine Test Dilution (RTD) or at 100 RTD. Most belonged to phage group I (53.2%) and phage group HI (21.1%). Susceptibility to penicillin and ampicillin was low at 12.3 and 15.5% respectively. AH were susceptible to vancomycin. Methicillin-resistance was unexpectedly low at 0.6 % whereas tetracycline and ery thromycin resistance were in line with recent trends at 4.5 and 2.7%. The rate of multiple resistance was low at 2.3%.

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  1. Department of Clinical Microbiology, Trinity College, Dublin

    M. N. Shuhaibar & F. R. Falkiner

  2. St. James’s Hospital, Dublin 8

    M. N. Shuhaibar & F. R. Falkiner

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Shuhaibar, M.N., Falkiner, F.R. The prevalence, antibiotic susceptibility and phage-type of nasally carriedStaphylococcus aureus in the dublin community. I.J.M.S. 161, 589–592 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02942364

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