TY - JOUR AU - Suzuki, Masahiro AU - Yamada, Kazuhiro AU - Nagao, Miki AU - Aoki, Etsuko AU - Matsumoto, Masakado AU - Hirayama, Tatsuya AU - Yamamoto, Hiroaki AU - Hiramatsu, Reiji AU - Ichiyama, Satoshi AU - Iinuma, Yoshitsugu T1 - Antimicrobial Ointments and Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus USA300 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2011 VL - 17 IS - 10 SP - 1917 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We tested 259 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates and 2 USA300 ATCC type strains for susceptibility to bacitracin and neomycin contained in over-the-counter antibacterial ointments. Resistance to both bacitracin and neomycin was found only in USA300. The use of over-the counter antimicrobial drugs may select for the USA300 clone. KW - KW - bacteria KW - antimicrobial drug resistant KW - methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus KW - MRSA KW - over-the-counter KW - community acquired infections KW - nonprescription drugs KW - ointments KW - bacitracin KW - neomycin KW - polymyxin B KW - drug resistance KW - USA300 KW - dispatch KW - United States KW - Japan DO - 10.3201/eid1710.101365 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/17/10/10-1365_article ER - End of Reference