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ArticleEuropean journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology2011

Evaluation of discrepancies between oxacillin and cefoxitin disk susceptibility for detecting methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

K-H Hung, J-J Yan, Y-C Lu, H-M Chen, J-J Wu

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Article in European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

K-H HungDepartment of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, No. 1 University Rd., Tainan, Taiwan 70101.
J-J Yan
Y-C Lu
H-M Chen
J-J Wu
National Cheng Kung University Hospital · TWNational Cheng Kung University · TW

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Abstract

The Clinical Laboratory Standards Institute recommends that if both cefoxitin and oxacillin are tested against Staphylococcus aureus and either result is measured as resistant, the organism should be reported as oxacillin resistant. This indicates that discrepancies may be present between oxacillin and cefoxitin sensitivities in S. aureus. In this study, we aimed to investigate the discrepancy between oxacillin and cefoxitin susceptibility in S. aureus clinical isolates. Of 10,980 S. aureus isolates recovered from 2005 to 2010, 27 (0.3%) isolates with discordant results between oxacillin and cefoxitin were collected. Fourteen (oxacillin diameters 10-12 mm) of the 27 strains were susceptible (MICs = 0.5-2 μg/ml) and 13 (6-13 mm) were resistant (4->256 μg/ml) to oxacillin. The cefoxitin MICs of 14 oxacillin-susceptible and 13 oxacillin-resistant strains ranged between 4 and 8 and 8 to 32 μg/ml, respectively. Discrepancies were present between oxacillin and cefoxitin in S. aureus, and these strains should be further tested for oxacillin MICs and for the mecA gene or β-lactamase activity.

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Anti-Bacterial AgentsCefoxitinHumansMethicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureusMicrobial Sensitivity TestsOxacillinAnti-Bacterial AgentsCefoxitinOxacillin

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