Improved sensitivity for meticillin resistance detection in coagulase-negative staphylococci by moxalactam antibiotic discs or a cefoxitin investigation zone

J Med Microbiol. 2016 Jun;65(6):566-568. doi: 10.1099/jmm.0.000243. Epub 2016 Mar 7.

Authors

Geraldine Jost^{1

2}, Guido V Bloemberg¹, Michael Hombach¹

Affiliations

¹ Institut Medizinische Mikrobiologie, Universität Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland.
² Dianalabs, Geneva, Switzerland.

PMID: 26953118
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.000243

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
Bacteriological Techniques
Cefoxitin / pharmacology*
Coagulase / metabolism
Methicillin Resistance*
Microbial Sensitivity Tests / methods*
Moxalactam / pharmacology*
Sensitivity and Specificity
Staphylococcus / drug effects*

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Coagulase
Cefoxitin
Moxalactam