TABLE 3.
MRSA-Screen results for 125 mecA-positive strains with and without oxacillin induction
| Species | No. of isolates
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| Total | LA with induction | LA without induction
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| Observed at:
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| 3 min | 6 min | 15 min | ||||
| S. epidermidis | 70 | 70 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 38 |
| S. capitis subsp. urealyticus | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| S. cohnii subsp. cohnii | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| S. haemolyticus | 11 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| S. hominis | 33 | 33 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 15 |
| S. warneri | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 125 | 125 | 41 | 17 | 10 | 53 |