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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2016 May 27;35(9):1441–1447. doi: 10.1007/s10096-016-2682-0

Table 2.

Color After Antibiotic Sensitization

Antibiotic Color No. (%) N = 49
Unsensitized Yellow 16 (32)
Golden 28 (57)
Yellow or Golden 44 (90)
Nafcillina Yellow 21 (40)
Golden 17 (32)
Yellow or Golden 38 (73)
Vancomycina Yellow 20 (42)
Golden 23 (48)
Yellow or Golden 43 (90)
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Seventeen (39%) isolates sensitized to nafcillin and 6 (14%) sensitized to vancomycin converted to the white color after antibiotic sensitization (p < 0.001).