Abstract

The mecA gene is commonly used to identify resistance in Staphylococcus aureus, but historically is not used for coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS). Analysis of 412 staphylococcal blood cultures (2014–2018) revealed that the absence of mecA had high concordance (100%) with oxacillin susceptibility for S. aureus and CoNS alike.

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Title
Reliability of mecA in Predicting Phenotypic Susceptibilities of Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci and Staphylococcus aureus
Author
Williams, Manon C 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Dominguez, Samuel R 2 ; Prinzi, Andrea 3 ; Lee, Kayla 4 ; Parker, Sarah K 5 

 Section of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Children’s Hospital Colorado and the University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, USA 
 Section of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Children’s Hospital Colorado and the University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, USA; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children’s Hospital Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, USA; Department of Infection Control and Epidemiology, Children’s Hospital Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, USA 
 Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children’s Hospital Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, USA; Clinical Science, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, USA 
 Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children’s Hospital Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, USA 
 Section of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Children’s Hospital Colorado and the University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, USA; Department of Infection Control and Epidemiology, Children’s Hospital Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, USA 
Publication year
2020
Publication date
Dec 2020
Publisher
Oxford University Press
e-ISSN
23288957
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
3170946669
Copyright
© The Author(s) 2020. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Infectious Diseases Society of America. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.