Evaluation of an anti-PBP 2a slide latex agglutination test in coagulase-negative staphylococci isolated in Greek hospitals

dc.creator	Petinaki, E.	en
dc.creator	Miriagou, V.	en
dc.creator	Tzouvelekis, L. S.	en
dc.creator	Hatzi, F.	en
dc.creator	Legakis, N. J.	en
dc.creator	Maniatis, A. N.	en
dc.date.accessioned	2015-11-23T10:45:26Z
dc.date.available	2015-11-23T10:45:26Z
dc.date.issued	2002
dc.identifier	10.1016/s0732-8893(01)00362-5
dc.identifier.issn	0732-8893
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11615/32182
dc.description.abstract	Oxacillin resistance was examined in 258 coagulase-negative staphylococci from Greek hospitals. mecA DNA was detected in 168 isolates, which were also resistant to oxacillin by agar dilution and disk diffusion, according to the current NCCLS breakpoints. Both methods exhibited a relatively low specificity misclassifying 21 and 19 of the 90 mec4-negative isolates respectively as oxacillin resistant. In contrast, an anti-PBP 2a latex agglutination test, applied after induction by oxacillin, correctly classified 163 mecA-positive (sensitivity 97%) and 88 mecA-negative isolates (specificity 97.7%). (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Inc. All rights reserved.	en
dc.source.uri	<Go to ISI>://WOS:000175580300010
dc.subject	BINDING-PROTEIN 2A	en
dc.subject	METHICILLIN RESISTANCE	en
dc.subject	RAPID DETECTION	en
dc.subject	BLOOD	en
dc.subject	CULTURES	en
dc.subject	MECA GENE	en
dc.subject	EPIDERMIDIS	en
dc.subject	Infectious Diseases	en
dc.subject	Microbiology	en
dc.title	Evaluation of an anti-PBP 2a slide latex agglutination test in coagulase-negative staphylococci isolated in Greek hospitals	en
dc.type	journalArticle	en

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