Antiseptic susceptibility and distribution of antiseptic-resistance genes in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus |
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Authors: | Noguchi N Hase M Kitta M Sasatsu M Deguchi K Kono M |
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Affiliation: | Department of Microbiology, School of Pharmacy, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Science, Japan. noguchin@ps.toyaku.ac.jp |
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Abstract: | We examined the antiseptic susceptibilities and distribution of antiseptic-resistance genes qacA and smr in 98 isolates of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus obtained in 1992. Seventy-one strains were resistant to antiseptics. The qacA and smr genes were detected in 10 and 20 strains, respectively. The remaining 41 strains without qacA and smr were divided into two groups that exhibited low-level (n = 22) and high-level (n = 19) resistance to acriflavin. DNA cloning and sequencing suggested that norfloxacin-resistance gene norA was responsible for the high-level resistance to acriflavin. Our results indicated that four or more antiseptic-resistance genes exist in methicillin-resistant S. aureus and that antiseptic-resistant methicillin-resistant S. aureus strains without qacA and smr are widely spread in Japan. |
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Keywords: | Antiseptic resistance gene Staphylococcus aureus Multidrug efflux pump norA |
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