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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, October 2001, p. 3733-3735, Vol. 39, No. 10
0095-1137/01/$04.00+0   DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.10.3733-3735.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Evaluation of the Vitek Card GPS105 and VTK-RO7.01 Software for Detection of Oxacillin Resistance in Clinically Relevant Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci

Fernando Martinez, Laura J. Chandler,* Barbara S. Reisner, and Gail L. Woods

Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas 77555-0740

Received 28 March 2001/Returned for modification 16 May 2001/Accepted 11 July 2001

The performance of Vitek cards GPS105 with software version VTK-R07.01 for detection of oxacillin resistance in coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS) was compared to disk diffusion and PCR detection for mecA. The sensitivity and specificity of the Vitek GPS105 method were 97.6 and 85.5%, respectively.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: 5.114 McCullough Building, University of Texas Medical Branch, 301 University Blvd., Galveston, TX 77555-0740. Phone: (409) 747-1424. Fax: (409) 772-5683. E-mail: lchandle{at}utmb.edu.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, October 2001, p. 3733-3735, Vol. 39, No. 10
0095-1137/01/$04.00+0   DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.10.3733-3735.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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