title: Evaluation of a latex agglutination test (MRSA-Screen) for detection of oxacillin resistance in coagulase-negative Staphylococci.
abstract: The MRSA-Screen (Denka-Seiken, Tokyo, Japan) latex agglutination test was evaluated for its ability to detect PBP 2a from 200 clinical isolates of coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS; 84 mecA-positive strains and 116 mecA-negative strains) consisting of 108 Staphylococcus epidermidis, 37 S. saprophyticus, 15 S. haemolyticus, 11 S. hominis, 10 S. capitis, 10 S. warneri, and 3 S. lugdunensis species as well as 6 other species of CoNS. The assay was compared with susceptibility testing with an agar screen plate with oxacillin at 6 microg/ml (OXA6), by oxacillin disk diffusion (DD), by broth microdilution (BMDIL), by the E test, and with Vitek GPS-SV and Vitek GPS-107 susceptibility cards. PCR for the detection of the mecA gene was used as the "gold standard." The sensitivities and specificities for the methods evaluated were as follows: MRSA-Screen, 100 and 100%, respectively; OXA6, 100 and 99%, respectively; DD, 98 and 62%, respectively; BMDIL, 100 and 60%, respectively; E test, 100 and 51%, respectively; Vitek GPS-SV susceptibility card, 98 and 87%, respectively; and Vitek GPS-107 susceptibility card, 100 and 61%, respectively. The MRSA-Screen test accurately and rapidly detected oxacillin resistance in CoNS.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Sciences Centre, and the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. lisa.louie@swchsc.on.ca
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Louie
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Majury
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Goodfellow
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Louie
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Simor
mesh_terms: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D003030:Coagulase / Q000378:metabolism*; D006602:Hexosyltransferases; D006801:Humans; D007841:Latex Fixation Tests; D016106:Methicillin Resistance / Q000235:genetics; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D002267:Muramoylpentapeptide Carboxypeptidase / Q000378:metabolism; D010068:Oxacillin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010403:Penicillin Resistance; D046915:Penicillin-Binding Proteins; D010406:Penicillins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010458:Peptidyl Transferases; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D013210:Staphylococcus / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000201:enzymology; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D003030:Coagulase; D046915:Penicillin-Binding Proteins; D010406:Penicillins; D010458:Peptidyl Transferases; D006602:Hexosyltransferases; D002267:Muramoylpentapeptide Carboxypeptidase; D010068:Oxacillin