Susceptibilities to antiseptic agents and distribution of antiseptic-resistance genes qacA/B and smr of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolated in Asia during 1998 and 1999.

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Published in J Med Microbiol on June 01, 2005

Authors

Norihisa Noguchi1, Junichi Suwa, Koji Narui, Masanori Sasatsu, Teruyo Ito, Keiichi Hiramatsu, Jae-Hoon Song

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Microbiology, School of Pharmacy, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Science, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0392, Japan. noguchin@ps.toyaku.ac.jp

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