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Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 2005 56(3):599-600; doi:10.1093/jac/dki267
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Evaluation of a 10 µg cefoxitin disc for the detection of methicillin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus by BSAC methodology

J. Andrews1,*, N. Brenwald1, D. F. J. Brown2, J. Perry3, A. King4, C. Gemmell5 for the BSAC Working Party on Susceptibility Testing

1 The BSAC Standardized Method Development Centre, City Hospital NHS Trust, Birmingham, UK; 2 Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge, UK; 3 Freeman Hospital, Newcastle, UK; 4 St Thomas's Hospital, London, UK; 5 Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, Scotland, UK

* Corresponding author. Tel: +44-121-507-5693; Fax: +44-121-507-5521; E-mail: jenny.andrews@swbh.nhs.uk

Keywords: S. aureus , staphylococci , mecA , MRSA , methicillin

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Sir,

The detection of methicillin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus has always presented problems for diagnostic laboratories because test conditions have a marked effect on the expression of resistance. Detection of the mecA gene or PBP2a are considered the reference methods,1 but are impractical for routine use and phenotypic methods have therefore been used.2 A recent publication . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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