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. 1981 Apr;13(4):754–759. doi: 10.1128/jcm.13.4.754-759.1981

Emergence of gentamicin- and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains in New York City hospitals.

S Schaefler, D Jones, W Perry, L Ruvinskaya, T Baradet, E Mayr, M E Wilson
PMCID: PMC273873  PMID: 6908898

Abstract

Gentamicin- and methicillin-resistant strains of Staphylococcus aureus have been isolated from Spring 1979 to the present from many hospitals in New York City. A large proportion of the strains were resistant to the majority of antistaphylococcal antibiotics. The ratio of multiply resistant strains was highest among tetracycline-resistant strains. There were significant differences in phage susceptibility patterns and the resistance spectrum of strains isolated at different hospitals, whereas strains isolated at the same hospital often showed a marked degree of similarity. This suggests multiple origins of gentamicin- and methicillin-resistant strains isolated in New York City.

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