RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Beard-Pegler, Mary A. A1 Stubbs, Elizabeth A1 Vickery, Alison M.YR 1988 T1 Observations on the resistance to drying of staphylococcal strains JF Journal of Medical Microbiology, VO 26 IS 4 SP 251 OP 255 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/00222615-26-4-251 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1473-5644, AB 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 Staphylococcus aureus (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 S. aureus 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., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/jmm/10.1099/00222615-26-4-251