Barton A P
J Antimicrob Chemother. 1985 Jan;15(1):61-7. doi: 10.1093/jac/15.1.61.
A rapid method for the detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus is described. A bioluminescent technique was used to compare the amounts of extracellular adenosine triphosphate released by methicillin-resistant and methicillin-sensitive strains. When tested by this method 29 Staph. aureus strains of known methicillin susceptibility were correctly identified.