Journal of Clinical Microbiology 2007-06-01

Evaluation of moxalactam with the BD phoenix system for detection of methicillin resistance in coagulase-negative staphylococci.

H Pupin, H Renaudin, O Join-Lambert, C Bébéar, F Mégraud, P Lehours

Index: J. Clin. Microbiol. 45(6) , 2005-8, (2007)

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Abstract

The performance of moxalactam with the BD Phoenix system for the detection of methicillin resistance in coagulase-negative staphylococci was evaluated by use of a collection of 186 strains. Moxalactam was a better drug as an indicator of methicillin resistance for mecA-positive strains than oxacillin and cefoxitin were. For strains other than Staphylococcus saprophyticus, a moxalactam MIC >16 microg/ml was indicative of methicillin resistance.