Utility of a newly developed Mueller-Hinton E agar for the detection of MRSA carrying the novel mecA homologue mecC

J Antimicrob Chemother. 2015 Apr;70(4):1256-7. doi: 10.1093/jac/dku512. Epub 2014 Dec 23.
No abstract available

Keywords: antimicrobial susceptibility testing; evaluation; mecAlga251; phenotype.

Publication types

  • Evaluation Study
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Agar
  • Animals
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
  • Bacteriological Techniques / methods*
  • Cattle
  • Cattle Diseases / microbiology
  • Culture Media / chemistry*
  • Denmark
  • England
  • Humans
  • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification*
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Scotland
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Staphylococcal Infections / microbiology*
  • Staphylococcal Infections / veterinary

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Culture Media
  • Agar