Rapid capillary tube method for detecting penicillin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus.

Applied microbiology ·Vol. 23 ·No. 3 ·1972-03-00 ·Pages 649-50

Rosen IG, Jacobson J, Rudderman R

Abstract

A simple, rapid capillary tube test to discriminate between penicillin-resistant and -sensitive Staphylococcus aureus is presented. This test detects penicillinase in noninduced primary isolates from blood-agar plates.

MeSH Terms

Hydrogen-Ion Concentration Microbial Sensitivity Tests Penicillin Resistance Penicillinase/analysis Penicillins/pharmacology Staphylococcus/classification,drug effects,enzymology

Chemicals

Penicillins Penicillinase

Authors & Affiliations

3 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID

Rosen I G

Jacobson J

Rudderman R

References (5)

5 references, click to expand

Antibiotic susceptibility testing by a standardized single disk method.
Am J Clin Pathol. 1966 Apr;45(4):493-6 PMID: 5325707
Penicillinase-negative variants of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
Nature. 1966 Mar 5;209(5027):994-6 PMID: 5180132
The biochemistry and function of beta-lactamase (penicillinase).
Adv Enzymol Relat Areas Mol Biol. 1966;28:237-323 PMID: 5334062
A simple, rapid test to differentiate penicillin-susceptible from penicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
J Infect Dis. 1970 Dec;122(6):544-6 PMID: 5489076
NATURE AND INTERACTIONS OF THE GENETIC ELEMENTS GOVERNING PENICILLINASE SYNTHESIS IN STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS.
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Article Info

Journal

Applied microbiology

Abbr.

Appl Microbiol

ISSN

0003-6919

DOI

10.1128/am.23.3.649-650.1972

Published

1972-03-00

Pages

649-50

Language

English

Region

United States

NLM ID

7605802

PMCID

PMC380400

Subset

External Links

PubMed source DOI: 10.1128/am.23.3.649-650.1972 PMC Full Text

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