These evidence-based guidelines have been produced after a literature review of the
laboratory diagnosis and susceptibility testing of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus …

Infections caused by the genus Staphylococcus are of great importance for human health.
Staphylococcus species are divided into coagulase‐positive staphylococci, represented by …

We explored the variation in proportions of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
(MRSA) between and within countries participating in the European Antimicrobial …

If isolates are speciated and if a sufficient range of antibiotics is tested, underlying resistance
mechanisms can often be inferred from the antibiogram data. This allows:(i) anomalous …

The cefoxitin disk diffusion (DD) test for predicting mecA-mediated oxacillin resistance in
staphylococci was assessed during a three-phase study. In phase 1, one laboratory tested …

Objectives: To evaluate the performance of oxacillin, cefazolin, cefoxitin, cefotaxime and
imipenem discs; Etest for oxacillin; microdilution; agar screening plates with 2 and 6 mg/L of …

Background: Staphylococcus aureus is amongst major human pathogens both in hospitals
and the community. This bacterium is an opportunistic pathogen responsible for a large …

Compared to the clinical sector, the prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus
aureus (MRSA) in the food sector is relatively low. However, their presence in seafood is a …

Objectives: To evaluate the usefulness of cefoxitin when used as a surrogate marker for the
detection of methicillin resistance. Patients and methods: Eight hundred and seventy-one …

Ramandinianto SC, Khairullah AR, Effendi MH. 2020. MecA gene and methicillin resistant
Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolated from dairy farms in East Java, Indonesia …