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Evaluation of the AutoMicrobic system Gram-Positive Susceptibility-MIC card for detection of oxacillin-resistant coagulase-negative staphylococci.

Journal of clinical microbiology ·Vol. 23 ·No. 3 ·1986-03-00 ·Pages 629-30

Woolfrey BF, Lally RT, Ederer MN

Abstract

A total of 398 consecutive clinical staphylococcus isolates, of which 205 were coagulase negative and 193 were coagulase positive, were tested in parallel by using AutoMicrobic system Gram-Positive Susceptibility-MIC cards and modified Mueller-Hinton agar containing 4% NaCl and oxacillin (6 micrograms/ml). The AutoMicrobic system cards correctly detected 103 of 104 (99%) oxacillin-resistant coagulase-negative isolates with no reports of false resistance.

MeSH Terms
Coagulase/metabolism Evaluation Studies as Topic Microbial Sensitivity Tests Oxacillin/pharmacology Penicillin Resistance Staphylococcus/drug effects,enzymology,isolation & purification Staphylococcus aureus/isolation & purification
Chemicals
Coagulase Oxacillin
Authors & Affiliations
3 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Woolfrey B F
Lally R T
Ederer M N
References (6)
6 references, click to expand
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Article Info
Journal
Journal of clinical microbiology
Abbr.
J Clin Microbiol
ISSN
0095-1137
Published
1986-03-00
Pages
629-30
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
7505564
PMCID
PMC268710
Subset
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