Performance of a New MicroScan WalkAway PC30 panel and disk diffusion method for detection of oxacillin resistance in Staphylococcus spp

J Clin Microbiol. 2011 Jun;49(6):2269-71. doi: 10.1128/JCM.02060-10. Epub 2011 Mar 30.

Abstract

The performance of the MicroScan WalkAway PC30 panel for detection of oxacillin resistance was evaluated by use of a collection of 420 staphylococcus isolates. The addition of a cefoxitin test (4 mg/liter) to the oxacillin MIC determination increased its raw performance for Staphylococcus aureus; additional data were required for coagulase-negative staphylococci.

Publication types

  • Evaluation Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
  • Cefoxitin / pharmacology
  • Drug Resistance, Bacterial*
  • Humans
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests / methods
  • Oxacillin / pharmacology*
  • Staphylococcal Infections / microbiology
  • Staphylococcus aureus / drug effects*
  • Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Cefoxitin
  • Oxacillin