Improved detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus using phenyl mannitol broth containing aztreonam and ceftizoxime

Citation
H. Wertheim et al., Improved detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus using phenyl mannitol broth containing aztreonam and ceftizoxime, J CLIN MICR, 39(7), 2001, pp. 2660-2662
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Immunolgy & Infectious Disease",Microbiology
Journal title
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY
ISSN journal
00951137 → ACNP
Volume
39
Issue
7
Year of publication
2001
Pages
2660 - 2662
Database
ISI
SICI code
0095-1137(200107)39:7<2660:IDOMSA>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
We tested a phenyl mannitol broth containing ceftizoxime and aztreonam (PHM B+) for detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) wit h reference MRSA strains and, subsequently,with clinical samples (n = 1,098 ). All reference MRSA strains induced color change in PHMB+ after 24 to 72 h of incubation. In a clinical setting, 40 MRSA strains were detected with PHMB+, compared with only 23 detected with a routine method. Thus, this sel ective broth significantly (P < 0.001) improved the rate of MRSA detection.