Table 7.
Latex Agglutination Test for Penicillin Binding Protein (PBP2’) in nasal isolates of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
| S/N | Isolates |
Agg present in 3
minutes |
Agg absent in 3
minutes |
Agg present in
Control latex in 3 minutes |
Interpretation of
results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | N3 | NIL | PBP2’ Negative | NIL | MSSA |
| 2 | N7 | NIL | PBP2’ Negative | NIL | MSSA |
| 3 | N11 | NIL | PBP2’ Negative | NIL | MSSA |
| 4 | N14 | PBP2’ Positive | NIL | NIL | MRSA |
| 5 | N16 | NIL | PBP2’ Negative | NIL | MSSA |
| 6 | N22 | NIL | PBP2’ Negative | NIL | MSSA |
| 7 | N36 | NIL | PBP2’ Negative | NIL | MSSA |
| 8 | N37 | NIL | PBP2’ Negative | NIL | MSSA |
| 9 | N38 | PBP2’ Positive | NIL | NIL | MRSA |
| 10 | N40 | NIL | PBP2’ Negative | NIL | MSSA |
| 11 | N43 | NIL | PBP2’ Negative | NIL | MSSA |
| 12 | N44 | NIL | PBP2’ Negative | NIL | MSSA |
| 13 | N45S | NIL | PBP2’ Negative | NIL | MSSA |
| 14 | N54 | NIL | PBP2’ Negative | NIL | MSSA |
| 15 | N55 | PBP2’ Positive | NIL | NIL | MRSA |
| 16 | N61 | NIL | PBP2’ Negative | NIL | MSSA |
| 17 | N62S | NIL | PBP2’ Negative | NIL | MSSA |
| 18 | N66 | NIL | PBP2’ Negative | NIL | MSSA |
| 19 | N69 | PBP2’ Positive | NIL | NIL | MRSA |
| 20 | N71 | NIL | PBP2’ Negative | NIL | MSSA |
| 21 | N74S | NIL | PBP2’ Negative | NIL | MSSA |
| 22 | N77 | PBP2’ Positive | NIL | NIL | MRSA |
| 23 | N79 | NIL | PBP2’ Negative | NIL | MSSA |
| 24 | N80 | NIL | PBP2’ Negative | NIL | MSSA |
| 25 | N82 | NIL | PBP2’ Negative | NIL | MSSA |