Reliability of mecA in Predicting Phenotypic Susceptibilities of Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci and Staphylococcus aureus

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作者
Williams, Manon C. [1 ,2 ]
Dominguez, Samuel R. [1 ,2 ,3 ,4 ]
Prinzi, Andrea [3 ,5 ]
Lee, Kayla [3 ]
Parker, Sarah K. [1 ,2 ,4 ]
机构
[1] Childrens Hosp Colorado, Sect Pediat Infect Dis, Aurora, CO 80045 USA
[2] Univ Colorado, Sch Med, Aurora, CO USA
[3] Childrens Hosp Colorado, Dept Pathol & Lab Med, Aurora, CO 80045 USA
[4] Childrens Hosp Colorado, Dept Infect Control & Epidemiol, Aurora, CO 80045 USA
[5] Univ Colorado, Clin Sci, Anschutz Med Campus, Aurora, CO USA
来源
OPEN FORUM INFECTIOUS DISEASES | 2020年 / 7卷 / 12期
关键词
mecA; genotypic susceptibility; phenotypic susceptibility; Staphylococcus; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; IMPACT; TIME;
D O I
10.1093/ofid/ofaa553
中图分类号
R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];
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100102 ;
摘要
The mecA gene is commonly used to identify resistance in Staphylococcus aureus, but historically is not used for coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS). Analysis of 412 staphylococcal blood cultures (2014-2018) revealed that the absence of mecA had high concordance (100%) with oxacillin susceptibility for S. aureus and CoNS alike.
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