[Bacteriophage typing of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from dental plaque and saliva]

Samples from 1127 persons were collected, S. aureus were isolated from 39 (3,4%) dental and from 4 (3,5%) saliva. The strains were tested with 22 basic phage types and 56 of them could be typed. 19 of them were typed by RTD and 19 by 1000 X RTD. Most of them were from phage Group II.