Table 3.
Results of comparative study between MCD and antimicrobial susceptibility of staphylococci using 134 clinical isolates.
| Staphylococci (n = 134) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MPIPC |
CFX |
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| Resistant (n = 62) | Susceptible (n = 72) | Resistant (n = 62) | Susceptible (n = 72) | ||
| MCD | Positive | 62 | 0 | 62 | 0 |
| Indeterminate | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Negative |
0 |
70 |
0 |
70 |
|
| sensitivity (%) | 100 | 100 | |||
| specificity (%) | 97.2 | 97.2 | |||
MCD: Microcolony Detection method; MPIPC: oxacillin; CFX: cefoxitin; The MCD used CHROMagar MRSA medium for comparison with methicillin sensitivity of staphylococci.