title: Reliability of two novel methods, Alamar and E test, for detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
abstract: E test strips (AB Biodisk, Culver City, Calif.) tested on 2% NaCl-supplemented Mueller-Hinton agar and Alamar panels (Alamar, Sacramento, Calif.) correctly characterized 127 of 127 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates and 100 of 100 methicillin-susceptible S. aureus isolates. These overnight antimicrobial susceptibility test systems reliably detect this clinically important resistance.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UCLA Medical Center 90024-1713.
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Novak
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hindler
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Bruckner
mesh_terms: D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D016106:Methicillin Resistance; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests / Q000379:methods*; D010068:Oxacillin / Q000494:pharmacology; D011934:Reagent Strips; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D011934:Reagent Strips; D010068:Oxacillin