Table 1.
Reference strains used in this study
| Reference strains | No. of samples | LAMP Assaysa
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16s rRNA | femA | mecA | ||
| Gram-positive organisms | ||||
| Methicillin-resistant S. aureus 10442, COL, N315, 85/2082, CA05, JCSC 1978, JCSC 4469, MR108, M03-68, WIS | 10 | + | + | + |
| Methicillin-sensitive S. aureus ATCC 25923, ATCC 29213 | 2 | + | + | − |
| Methicillin-resistant coagulase-negative staphylococci: | ||||
| S. epidermidis ATCC 29887, ATCC 700586, 042219 | ||||
| S. haemolyticus 022407, 042403 | 8 | + | − | + |
| S. hominis 032315, 042306 | ||||
| S. warneri 012501 | ||||
| Methicillin-sensitive coagulase-negative staphylococci: | ||||
| S. epidermidis ATCC 12228, 012217 | ||||
| S. haemolyticus 022408 | 5 | + | − | − |
| S. hominis 012307 | ||||
| S. warneri 012502 | ||||
| Enterococcus faecalis GH152, GH299 | 2 | − | − | − |
| Stretococcus pyogenes GH126 | 1 | − | − | − |
| Stretococcus mitis GH185 | 1 | − | − | − |
| Stretococcus pnuemoniae GH165 | 1 | − | − | − |
| Stretococcus hemolyticus GH177 | 1 | − | − | − |
| Gram-negative organisms | ||||
| Escherichia coli ATCC 25922, C600 | 2 | − | − | − |
| Psuedomonas aeruginosa ATCC 27853 | 1 | − | − | − |
| Salmonella typhimurium ATCC 14028 | 1 | − | − | − |
| Salmonella choleraesuis ATCC 13312 | 1 | − | − | − |
| Klebsiella pneumoniae ATCC 13883 | 1 | − | − | − |
| Vibrio cholerae SK10 | 1 | − | − | − |
| Vibrio parahaemolyticus ATCC 17802 | 1 | − | − | − |
| Enterobacter cloacae ATCC 23355 | 1 | − | − | − |
| Acinetobacter baumannii GH31 | 1 | − | − | − |
| Total | 41 | |||
a
+, positive; −, negative.