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Mupirocin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus in an Indian hospital.

Gadepalli R, Dhawan B, Mohanty S, Kapil A, Das BK, Chaudhry R, Samantaray JC

Department of Microbiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi-29, India.

Two hundred Staphylococcus aureus strains collected from an Indian hospital were tested for mupirocin susceptibility using disc diffusion method and E-test. High-level and low-level mupirocin resistance was detected in 10 (5%) and 2 (1%) S. aureus strains, respectively. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis analysis of the high-level mupirocin-resistant methicillin-resistant S. aureus isolates revealed the presence of 2 clones with the majority of strains belonging to 1 clone, suggesting clonal dissemination.

Published 14 May 2007 in Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis, 58(1): 125-7.
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