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. 2020 Feb 28;39(7):1305–1313. doi: 10.1007/s10096-020-03846-3

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Fig. 1 — Images of RAST plate of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) without (left) and with (right) measured inhibition zones automatically taken with the photo lab function of the total lab automation (TLA, BD Kiestra™) at the Department for Infectious Diseases at the University Hospital Heidelberg, Germany. The inhibition zone for cefoxitin (FOX) is measured with 11 mm. According to the EUCAST zone diameter breakpoints for RAST directly from blood culture bottles, this zone diameter is within resistant category and, hence, indicates an MRSA