Failure of rapid agglutination methods to detect oxacillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

Journal of clinical microbiology ·Vol. 24 ·No. 3 ·1986-09-00 ·Pages 490-2

Ruane PJ, Morgan MA, Citron DM, Mulligan ME

Abstract

Although a latex agglutination test (StaphAurex) and a hemagglutination test (Staphyloslide) correctly identified all strains of Staphylococcus aureus that were susceptible or had intermediate susceptibility to oxacillin, 17 of 73 (23%) and 18 of 73 (25%) strains of oxacillin-resistant S. aureus were not identified by StaphAurex and Staphyloslide, respectively. All strains not detected were resistant to trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole and rifampin.

MeSH Terms

Drug Combinations/pharmacology False Negative Reactions Hemagglutination Tests Humans Latex Fixation Tests Microbial Sensitivity Tests Oxacillin/pharmacology Penicillin Resistance Rifampin/pharmacology Staphylococcus aureus/drug effects,isolation & purification Sulfamethoxazole/pharmacology Trimethoprim/pharmacology Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination

Chemicals

Drug Combinations Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination Trimethoprim Sulfamethoxazole Oxacillin Rifampin

Authors & Affiliations

4 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID

Ruane P J

Morgan M A

Citron D M

Mulligan M E

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Article Info

Journal

Journal of clinical microbiology

Abbr.

J Clin Microbiol

ISSN

0095-1137

DOI

10.1128/jcm.24.3.490-492.1986

Published

1986-09-00

Pages

490-2

Language

English

Region

United States

NLM ID

7505564

PMCID

PMC268947

Subset

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