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. 1991 Oct;35(10):2151–2154. doi: 10.1128/aac.35.10.2151

Ciprofloxacin resistance in coagulase-positive and -negative staphylococci: role of mutations at serine 84 in the DNA gyrase A protein of Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis.

S Sreedharan 1, L R Peterson 1, L M Fisher 1
PMCID: PMC245345  PMID: 1662027

Abstract

gyrA mutations in quinolone-resistant pathogenic isolates of Staphylococcus spp. have been detected by the direct HinfI digestion of polymerase chain reaction products. Homology among gyrA genes allowed rapid examination of both coagulase-positive and -negative isolates. DNA sequence analysis revealed that ciprofloxacin resistance in Staphylococcus epidermidis is associated with a novel Ser-84----Phe mutation in the DNA gyrase A protein, analogous to Ser-84----Leu changes observed in Staphylococcus aureus.

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