High Frequencies of Clindamycin and Tetracycline Resistance in Methicillin-Resistant <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> Pulsed-Field Type USA300 Isolates Collected at a Boston Ambulatory Health Center

Abstract

Individual or multiple resistance to clindamycin, tetracycline, erythromycin, levofloxacin, or mupirocin was detected in a large proportion of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus pulsed-field type USA300 isolates collected at an ambulatory health center in Boston. The clindamycin, tetracycline, and mupirocin resistance genes identified in these isolates are commonly associated with plasmids.