Strains of staphylococci resistant to methicillin were identified immediately after introduction
of this drug. Methicillin-resistant strains have unusual properties, the most notable of which …

A simple and reliable method using a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was devised to
identify methicillin-resistant staphylococci. By using lysates of the strain to be tested as …

Background Methicillin‐resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection after surgery is
usually rare, but incidence can be up to 33% in certain types of surgery. Postoperative …

During a period of 2 years ending September 1962 a disc containing 10 (gm. of methicillin
was placed on plates used for the routine phage ty** of strains of staphylococci referred …

Twenty-two isolates of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus were obtained from 18
patients; 21 of the strains were phage nontypable, exhibited methicillin resistance to other …

The mec gene of a number of clinical methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates
exhibiting a variety of heterogeneous expression modes was selectively inactivated by …

ABSTRACT A total of 382 isolates of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus originating
from three Austrian regions and one adjacent Italian region (Vienna, Lower Austria, North …

Over a 12 month period, 61 isolates of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MR-SA)
were obtained in 23 hospitalized patients. Eighty-six per cent of the patients were over 50 …

Two strains of Staphylococcus aureus expressing borderline or low-level methicillin
resistance by one or more in vitro test methods were examined for resistance in vivo and for …

An extensive outbreak of nosocomial infections caused by oxacillinand aminoglycoside-
resistant Staphylococcus aureus (OARSA) occurred over a 16 month period. A total of 349 …