Rapid detection and identification of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus directly from positive blood cultures exhibiting gram-positive cocci in clusters

Clinical Microbiology Newsletter

Volumn 29, Issue 18, 2007, Pages 137-139

  Bottone, Edward J ^a   Reyes, Michell ^a   Jenkins, Stephen G ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFOXITIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COAGULASE; ERYTHROMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD CULTURE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; COAGULASE POSITIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; GRAM POSITIVE COCCI; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFECTION CONTROL; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PATIENT CARE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

EID: 34548231043     PISSN: 01964399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinmicnews.2007.08.002     Document Type: Article

References (8)

1. Grundmann H., et al. Emergence and resurgence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus as a public health threat. Lancet 368 (2006) 874-885
2. Moran G.J., et al. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections among patients in the emergency department. N. Engl. J. Med. 355 (2006) 666-674
3. Clinical Laboratory Standards Institute. 2007. Performance standards for antimicrobial susceptibility testing: 17th informational supplement. CLSI document M100-S17. CLSI, Wayne, PA.
4. Knausz M., et al. Rapid detection of methicillin resistance in teicoplanin-resistant coagulase-negative staphylococci by a penicillin-binding protein 2′ latex agglutination method. J. Microbiol. Methods 60 (2005) 413-416
5. Shaulin A., et al. Direct detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in blood culture bottles, abstr. C-121. Abstr. 102nd Gen. Meet. Am. Soc. Microbiol (2004), American Society for Microbiology, Washington, DC
6. Horstikotte M., et al. Rapid detection of methicillin resistance in coagulase-negative staphylococci by a penicillin-binding protein 2a-specific latex agglutination test. J. Clin. Microbiol 39 (2001) 3702-3711
7. Carrol K.C., et al. Rapid detection of the staphylococcal mecA gene from the BACTEC blood culture bottles by the polymerase chain reaction. Am. J. Clin. Pathol. 106 (1996) 600-605
8. Tenover F.C. Rapid detection and identification of bacterial pathogens using novel molecular technologies: infection control and beyond. Clin. Infect. Dis. 44 (2007) 418-423