Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus expressing low-level methicillin resistance may not be detected by the VITEK2® system

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 193-195

  Al Nakib, Malik ^a,b   Réglier Poupet, Hélène ^a   Longo, Magalie ^a,c   Adam, Jean Marie ^b   Raymond, Josette ^a,b   Zambardi, Gilles ^d   Tazi, Asmaa ^a,b,c   Poyart, Claire ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b Centre National de Référence des Streptocoques HÔpital Cochin ^*  (France)

^c INSTITUT COCHIN   (France)

^d BIOMÉRIEUX   (France)

Author keywords

Low level resistance; MecA; MRSA; ViTEK 2

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; CEFOXITIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FOSFOMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; LINCOMYCIN; METICILLIN; OXACILLIN; PRISTINAMYCIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DISK DIFFUSION; GENE PRODUCT; HOSPITAL INFECTION; MECA GENE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN SUSCEPTIBLE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; METHICILLIN; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84855840644     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: 18790070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2011.10.004     Document Type: Article

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