Affiliation:
1. Kaiser Permanente, Airport Way Laboratory, 13705 N.E. Airport Way, Portland, Oregon 97230
Abstract
ABSTRACT
A total of 276 blood culture bottles with
Staphylococcus aureus
were tested by direct cefoxitin disk diffusion testing; 105 (38.1%) had zone sizes of ≤17 mm (all 105 had methicillin-resistant
S. aureus
[MRSA]), 18 (6.5%) had zone sizes that measured 18 mm (17 had MRSA and 1 had methicillin-susceptible
S. aureus
[MSSA]), 8 (2.9%) had zone sizes that measured 19 mm (6 had MRSA and 2 had MSSA), 8 (2.9%) had zone sizes that measured 20 mm (6 had MRSA and 2 had MSSA), and 137 (49.6%) had zone sizes of ≥21 mm (all 137 had MSSA). Detection of MRSA/MSSA in blood cultures could be reported 10 to 24 h earlier for 88% of cultures with total accuracy.
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
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