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Evaluation of MicroScan rapid gram-positive panels for detection of oxacillin-resistant staphylococci.

Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19129.

ABSTRACT

The ability of MicroScan rapid panels (Baxter MicroScan, West Sacramento, Calif.) to detect oxacillin resistance in 92 clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus and 103 coagulase-negative staphylococci was evaluated by comparing results with those of MicroScan 24-h MIC panels and, to resolve discrepancies, oxacillin agar screening. Both panels were interpreted by the MicroScan WalkAway-96 system. Rapid panels detected 96.7% of resistant S. aureus isolates and 72% of resistant coagulase-negative staphylococci, 22 of which did not grow in the panels.

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