Fukigai Shinako, Morimoto Makiko, Kimura Kouji, Doyama Yo, Miyazaki Akira, Kamiya Chitose, Banno Hirotsugu, Morishima Eriko, Onoda Tomohiro, Nagano Noriyuki, Jin Wanchun, Wachino Jun-Ichi, Yamada Keiko, Arakawa Yoshichika
Division of Microbiology, Department of Clinical Laboratory, Hanyu General Hospital, 551 Kami-iwase, Hanyu, Saitama 348-8505, Japan.
Department of Bacteriology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466-8550, Japan.
Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2016 Jul;85(3):309-312. doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2016.04.018. Epub 2016 Apr 29.
We evaluated the feasibility and efficacy of a commercially available methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)-selective agar, chromID(™) MRSA, to detect group B streptococci with reduced penicillin susceptibility (PRGBS) in this study. The results showed 72.4% (21/29) sensitivity and 98.4% (60/61) specificity to detect PRGBS using this method.