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  • Title: Transmissible mupirocin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus.
    Author: Rahman M, Noble WC, Cookson B.
    Journal: Epidemiol Infect; 1989 Apr; 102(2):261-70. PubMed ID: 2495227.
    Abstract:
    The spread of two strains of Staphylococcus aureus with high level resistance to mupirocin is described. The resistance proved to be easily transferred to other S. aureus strains by filter mating experiments and on the skin of mice. No plasmid band corresponding to the resistance could be demonstrated by agarose gel electrophoresis or by caesium chloride gradient centrifugation but cleavage of 'chromosomal' DNA from resistant recipients showed bright bands of DNA absent from sensitive controls.
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