Evaluation of Screening and Commercial Methods for Detection of Methicillin Resistance in Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci
AUTOR(ES)
Hussain, Zafar
FONTE
American Society for Microbiology
RESUMO
The National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards recommends 48 h of incubation by the oxacillin salt agar screen (OSAS) method for the detection of methicillin-resistant coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS). An earlier identification of methicillin resistance is desirable. The time to detection of the mecA gene by PCR was compared with the times to detection by OSAS, by the oxacillin disk diffusion (ODD) method, and with MicroScan Gram Positive Combo type 6 panels (MicroScan Inc. Sacramento, Calif.) and Vitek GPS-SA cards (bioMérieux Vitek Inc., Hazelwood, Mo.). The combination of the Vitek card and the ODD method detected 92 of 99 methicillin-resistant strains of CoNS at 24 h; however, 6 mecA-positive strains were phenotypically methicillin susceptible. We conclude that most methicillin-resistant CoNS can be detected and the results can be reported after overnight incubation by a combination of methods.
ACESSO AO ARTIGO
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