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Performance of the Slidex Staph-Kit and Staphylase test for the identification of MRSA and MSSA
| Organism | Type | n | Resultsa
|
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slidex Staph-Kit | Staphylase test | |||
| MRSA | 1 | 25 | W | – |
| 7 | 2 | W | − | |
| 71 | 3 | W | − | |
| 42 | 1 | W | − | |
| 72 | 1 | W | − | |
| 73 | 1 | W | − | |
| 74 | 1 | W | − | |
| 75 | 1 | R | R | |
| 6 | 1 | W | − | |
| 76 | 1 | W | − | |
| 77 | 1 | R | R | |
| 78 | 2 | R | R | |
| 79 | 1 | R | R | |
| 80 | 2 | R | R | |
| 81 | 2 | R | R | |
| 41 | 1 | R | R | |
| 83 | 2 | W | − | |
| 82 | 2 | W | − | |
| MSSA | 150 | R/Wb | ND | |
W, white clumping; R, red clumping; −, no clumping; ND, not determined.
R/W, both R (n = 149) and W (n = 1).
