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Volume 26, Issue 4

Observations on the resistance to drying of staphylococcal strains No Access

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SUMMARY

Death rates have been determined for staphylococcal strains dried on cotton blanket material and stored at room temperature in the dark and in the light. Methicillin-resistant (MRSA) strains that produced a golden pigment and had a wide distribution within the hospital survived for longer periods than MRSA strains that produced little pigment and had a restricted local distribution. Death rates of methicillin-sensitive strains of at day 7 were similar to those of the general epidemic MRSA strains, and there was no significant difference between the death rates at day 7 of the local epidemic MRSA strains and the coagulase-negative strains.

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Observations on the resistance to drying of staphylococcal strains
J. Med. Microbiol. 26, 251 (1988); https://doi.org/10.1099/00222615-26-4-251
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