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. 1986 Sep;24(3):490-2.
doi: 10.1128/jcm.24.3.490-492.1986.

Failure of rapid agglutination methods to detect oxacillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

P J Ruane, M A Morgan, D M Citron, M E Mulligan

Failure of rapid agglutination methods to detect oxacillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

P J Ruane et al. J Clin Microbiol. 1986 Sep.

Abstract

Although a latex agglutination test (StaphAurex) and a hemagglutination test (Staphyloslide) correctly identified all strains of Staphylococcus aureus that were susceptible or had intermediate susceptibility to oxacillin, 17 of 73 (23%) and 18 of 73 (25%) strains of oxacillin-resistant S. aureus were not identified by StaphAurex and Staphyloslide, respectively. All strains not detected were resistant to trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole and rifampin.

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