Predominance of capsular polysaccharide type 5 among oxacillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

作者：J.M. Fournier, A. Bouvet, Alain Boutonnier, Andre Audurier, F. W. Goldstein, J Pierre, A Buré, L Lebrun, Heinz Kurt Hochkeppel · 发表于：Journal of Clinical Microbiology · 年份：1987 · DOI：10.1128/jcm.25.10.1932-1933.1987 · 被引用次数：53 · 研究领域：Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus、Infections and bacterial resistance、Antifungal resistance and susceptibility

The relationship between capsular polysaccharide types 5 and 8 and resistance of Staphylococcus aureus to oxacillin was studied with a collection of 406 clinical isolates from six French hospitals. Of 175 type 5 isolates, 84 (48%) were resistant to oxacillin. In contrast, only 8 of 160 type 8 isolates (5%) and 5 of 71 nontypeable isolates (7%) were resistant to oxacillin. Therefore, capsular typing of clinical isolates of S. aureus may facilitate the choice of first-line antibiotic therapy.