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. 1982 Apr;21(4):676-7.
doi: 10.1128/AAC.21.4.676.

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus susceptibility testing with Abbott MS-2 system

J R Carlson, F E Conley, D L Cahall

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus susceptibility testing with Abbott MS-2 system

J R Carlson et al. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1982 Apr.

Abstract

The antimicrobial susceptibilities of 100 methicillin=resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains were concurrently determined by the Abbott MS-2 System and by the standard disk diffusion method. Agreement between the two methods was 94% or greater for all of the antibiotics tested except for methicillin and gentamicin. This study indicates that the Abbott MS-2 cannot be relied upon for detection of methicillin resistance in clinical S. aureus isolates.

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