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Antibiotic Sensitivity of Staphylococcus Aureus. Past and Present

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Developments in Antibiotic Treatment of Respiratory Infections

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The history of resistance of Staphylococcus aureus to antibiotics is almost as old as the use of antibiotics itself: Barber [1], in 1947, described a therapeutic failure in a staphylococcal infection due to penicillin-resistance. Penicillinase production was soon found to be the cause of this resistance [2]. Later it became evident that the gene responsible for penicillinase production is located in a plasmid [3].

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Mouton, R.P. (1981). Antibiotic Sensitivity of Staphylococcus Aureus. Past and Present. In: Van Furth, R. (eds) Developments in Antibiotic Treatment of Respiratory Infections. New Perspectives in Clinical Microbiology, vol 4. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-8305-2_4

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