Topical antibiotic use coselects for the carriage of mobile genetic elements conferring resistance to unrelated antimicrobials in staphylococcus aureus

Author(s):

Glen P. Carter, Mark B. Schultz, Sarah L. Baines, Anders Gonçalves Da Silva, Helen Heffernan, Audrey Tiong, Peter H. Pham, Ian R. Monk, Timothy P. Stinear, Benjamin P. Howden, Deborah A. Williamsona

Details:

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, Volume 62, Issue 2, 2018-02-01, Article number e02000-17

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Affiliations:

• University of Melbourne
• Department of Microbiology & Immunology
• ESR - Environmental Science and Research
• Microbiological Diagnostic Unit Public Health Laboratory