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Comparison of phenotypic methods for penicillinase detection in Staphylococcus aureus.
Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases - 1 Jun 2008
Kaase M, Lenga S, Friedrich S, Szabados F, Sakinc T, Kleine B, Gatermann S G
Abstract excerpt
Penicillinase testing is required for Staphylococcus aureus isolates with a penicillin MIC of </=0.12 mg/L. This study compared five phenotypic assays with a PCR for blaZ when testing 197 S. aureus isolates. The starch-iodine plate method and nitrocefin tests had low sensitivities of 42.9% and 35...
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