Piper J, Astorga A, Hadfield T
Internal Medicine Department, David Grant USAF Medical Center, Travis AFB, California 94535.
Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 1988 Nov;11(3):177-80. doi: 10.1016/0732-8893(88)90021-1.
The MRS test is a commercially available test for detection of methicillin resistance among Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), which was compared to standard techniques for efficacy and speed. Among 119 S. aureus strains tested (71 resistant to methicillin), it detected 90% of MRSA strains in 4 hr. The MRS test may have a role as a rapid screening test for MRSA in selected situations.
