Patterns Of Infectious Drug Resistance In A General Hospital

s1 May 1967Patterns of Infectious Drug Resistance in a General Hospital.Antone A. Medeiros, M.D., Thomas F. O'Brien, M.D.Antone A. Medeiros, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, Thomas F. O'Brien, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-66-5-1047_2 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptFor many years every antibiotic-resistant bacterium was presumed to be a spontaneous mutant or the direct descendant of one. Recently, bacteria have been shown to be capable of transferring multiple antibiotic resistance to other bacteria, even bacteria of other species. This occurs during cell-to-cell contact by the direct transmission of cytoplasmic genetic determinants of antibiotic resistance called R factors. For the past year we have been investigating the significance of this phenomenon in a general hospital both by a continuing computer analysis of all antibiotic-resistance tests performed by the clinical microbiology laboratory and by experimental transfer of drug resistance.Computer... This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Boston, Massachusetts PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited ByInfectious diseases. Annual review of significant publications. 1 May 1967Volume 66, Issue 5Page: 1047-1047KeywordsAntibiotic resistanceBacteriaClinical microbiologyComputersDrugsGenetic determinismResearch laboratories Issue Published: 1 May 1967 PDF DownloadLoading ...