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Comparison of the BD phoenix system with the cefoxitin disk diffusion test for detection of methicillin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus and coagulase-negative staphylococci

Journal of Clinical Microbiology (2009) 47(7) 2288-2291
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02431-08
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Abstract

The BD Phoenix system was compared to the cefoxitin disk diffusion test for detection of methicillin (meticillin) resistance in 1,066 Staphylococcus aureus and 1,121 coagulase-negative staphylococcus (CoNS) clinical isolates. The sensitivity for Phoenix was 100%. The specificities were 99.86% for S. aureus and 88.4% for CoNS. Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

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Mencacci, A., Montecarlo, I., Gonfia, F., Moretti, A., Cardaccia, A., Farinelli, S., … Bistoni, F. (2009). Comparison of the BD phoenix system with the cefoxitin disk diffusion test for detection of methicillin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus and coagulase-negative staphylococci. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 47(7), 2288–2291. https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.02431-08

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