Genetic characterisation of resistance to metal ions in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: elimination of resistance to cadmium, mercury and tetracycline with loss of methicillin resistance.

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Susceptibility to six metal ions--cadmium (Cd), mercury (Hg), arsenate (Asa), arsenite (Asi), antimony (Sb) and zinc (Zn)--was tested in 23 independent isolates of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) obtained from Guy's Hospital (GH) during 1984-1986, which included 10 isolates of the UK epidemic EMRSA-1 strain. Strains were also tested for resistance to antibiotics and the nucleic-acid-binding...

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