%0 Journal Article %A Rahman, Mary %A Connolly, Shahrzad %A Noble, W. C. %A Cookson, B. %A Phillips, I. %T Diversity of staphylococci exhibiting high-level resistance to mupirocin %D 1990 %J Journal of Medical Microbiology, %V 33 %N 2 %P 97-100 %@ 1473-5644 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/00222615-33-2-97 %I Microbiology Society, %X Summary Plasmids mediating high-level resistance to mupirocin (MIC > 1000 mg/L) in staphylococci from various sources were studied by restriction endonuclease cleavage. Several patterns were obtained but six plasmids isolated from various Staphylococcus aureus and S. epidermidis strains were indistinguishable. The diversity and spread of these plasmids is illustrated. %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/jmm/10.1099/00222615-33-2-97