TY - JOUR
T1 - Evaluation of mupA evigene in comparison to disk diffusion for detection of high-level mupirocin resistance in clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus
AU - Acuna-Villaorduna, Carlos
AU - Hardwick, Matthew J.
AU - Goucher, Suzanne
AU - Waga, Masashi
AU - Shoham, Shmuel
PY - 2010/8
Y1 - 2010/8
N2 - High-level mupirocin resistance (H-Mur) in S. aureus is associated with the mupA gene. The mupA Evigene test rapidly identifies this gene. This study assessed the performance of mupA Evigene compared to that of susceptibility disk testing. mupA Evigene detected H-Mur in 6/179 S. aureus isolates, and the results were concordant with those of susceptibility disk testing.
AB - High-level mupirocin resistance (H-Mur) in S. aureus is associated with the mupA gene. The mupA Evigene test rapidly identifies this gene. This study assessed the performance of mupA Evigene compared to that of susceptibility disk testing. mupA Evigene detected H-Mur in 6/179 S. aureus isolates, and the results were concordant with those of susceptibility disk testing.
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U2 - 10.1128/JCM.02237-09
DO - 10.1128/JCM.02237-09
M3 - Article
C2 - 20519465
AN - SCOPUS:77955434088
SN - 0095-1137
VL - 48
SP - 2953
EP - 2954
JO - Journal of clinical microbiology
JF - Journal of clinical microbiology
IS - 8
ER -