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SUBMITTER: Tan TY
PROVIDER: S-EPMC88580 | biostudies-literature | 2001 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Tan T Y TY Corden S S Barnes R R Cookson B B
Journal of clinical microbiology 20011201 12
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus septicemia is associated with significant morbidity and mortality and requires treatment with intravenous glycopeptides. For blood cultures positive for gram-positive cocci, 24 to 48 h is required for the detection of S. aureus bacteremia and the provision of antibiotic susceptibility testing results. We describe a molecular biology-based assay that requires 2 h from the time of initial positivity of blood cultures. The assay correctly detected 96% of ...[more]