DOI: 10.1128/JCM.38.2.752-754.2000
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Correlation between the oxacillin MIC and the presence of the mecA gene
Category and species Presence (+) or absence (−) of mecA Total no. of strains tested No. of strains for which the MIC was: 0.125 0.25 0.5 1 2 4.0 >4.0 I S. epidermidis − 101 101 0 0 0 0 0 0 + 164 0 0 5 6 6 19 128 S. hominis − 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 + 44 0 0 2 3 3 6 30 S. haemolyticus − 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 + 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 II S. cohnii − 10 0 0 1 0 9 0 0 + 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 S. saprophyticus − 20 0 0 4 15 1 0 0 + 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 S. warneri − 16 4 0 12 0 0 0 0 + 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 III S. lugdunensis − 18 0 0 7 10 1 0 0 + 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 S. xylosus − 10 0 0 4 6 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 IV S. capitis − 15 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 S. schleiferi − 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 S. simulans − 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0