Commercially available technique for rapid laboratory detection of methicillin resistance among Staphylococcus aureus.
The MRS test is a commercially available test for detection of methicillin resistance among Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), which was compared to standard techniques for efficacy and speed. Among 119 S. aureus strains tested (71 resistant to methicillin), it detected 90% of MRSA strains in 4 hr. The MRS test may have a role as a rapid screening test for MRSA in selected situations.
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Internal Medicine Department, David Grant USAF Medical Center, Travis AFB, California 94535.
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Hadfield
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D006801:Humans; D008712:Methicillin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D010403:Penicillin Resistance; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000302:isolation & purification
D008712:Methicillin