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

Open Forum Infectious Diseases (2020) 7(12)
DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofaa553
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The mecA gene is commonly used to identify resistance in Staphylococcus aureus, but historically is not used for coagulasenegative 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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Williams, M. C., Dominguez, S. R., Prinzi, A., Lee, K., & Parker, S. K. (2020). Reliability of mecA in Predicting Phenotypic Susceptibilities of Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci and Staphylococcus aureus. Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 7(12). https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaa553

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