Disinfectant induced changes in the antibiotic sensitivity and phage typing pattern in Staphylococcus aureus

摘要: Abstract Serial passage through disinfectants at sub-minimal inhibitory concentrations induced antibiotic resistances in 30·5% of the derived phenotypic variants five strains Staphylococcus aureus . A proportion these showed changes their phage typing pattern by becoming susceptible to an increased number phages, and a change from non-typable typable was also observed. loss temperate phages noted some when subjected reverse typing.