Rapid detection of methicillin-resistant staphylococci with the MS-2 system
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Published:1984-04-01
Issue:4
Volume:30
Page:488-490
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ISSN:0008-4166
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Container-title:Canadian Journal of Microbiology
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language:en
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Short-container-title:Can. J. Microbiol.
Author:
Flournoy D. J.,Qadri S. M. Hussain,Johnson W. Steve
Abstract
The ability of the updated Abbott MS-2 system to detect methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) was compared with disk agar diffusion and broth microdilution. Of the 87 MRSA isolates tested, the MS-2 system correctly detected 85 (97.7%) in 5 h. Seventy-two of the isolates were detected by disk agar diffusion within 24 h, and 15 more by 48 h. Broth microdilution detected 71 MRSA by 24 h of incubation and 11 more by 48 h. The updated MS-2 system yielded reliable results that were highly comparable with the standard techniques.
Publisher
Canadian Science Publishing
Subject
Genetics,Molecular Biology,Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology,General Medicine,Immunology,Microbiology
Cited by
1 articles.
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