EPIDEMIOLOGICAL AND GENETICAL STUDIES ON THE DRUG-RESISTANCE OF STAPHYLOCOCCI.
Abstract
Surveys of staphylococcal strains, isolated from clinical sources in geographically scattered hospitals in Japan, disclosed the following facts: (1) Triple (TC.SM.SA, TC.PC.SA, PC.SM.SA) and quadruple (TC.PC.SM.SA) resistant strains with reference to TC, SM, PC and SA, were manifest and they were restricted to specific phage group. (2) There are two types of resistant strains: the first becomes resistant easily and consequently multiple resistant when a new drug is introduced, and consists largely of strains in phage group I containing phage type 80/81. The second type remains single (SA) or double (PC.SA, SM.SA) resistant, and consists primarily of strains in group II and III. From the facts that all of the tested staphylococcal strains from clinical sources carry prophages and their drug resistance can be transduced to other strains by their prophages, the present author presents the hypothesis that transduction of drug resistance by prophage is mainly responsible for the acquisition of multiple resistance and wide distribution of multiple resistant strains. Genetic studies of drug resistance in staphylococci have disclosed the following facts: (1) Resistance to TC is easily transduced at high frequencies by prophages obtained from multiple resistant strains. Resistance to SA and SM is jointly transduced with TC. Resistance to PC, the ability to form penicillinase (PCase), is not transduced jointly with resistance to TC, SM and SA. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 1967
- Accession Number
- AD0658686
Entities
People
- Susumu Mitsuhashi
Organizations
- Gunma University