Clinical Impact of a PCR Assay for Identification of Staphylococcus aureus and Determination of Methicillin Resistance Directly from Blood Cultures
- 1 August 2003
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Clinical Microbiology
- Vol. 41 (8) , 3942-3944
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.41.8.3942-3944.2003
Abstract
We evaluated the clinical usefulness of a PCR assay that discriminates Staphylococcus aureus from coagulase-negative staphylococci and detects methicillin resistance on blood cultures by measuring the adaptation of antimicrobial therapy based on the PCR results. Only 7 of 28 patients (25%) benefited from a modification of antibiotic therapy based on the PCR results, since empirical therapy was appropriate in a majority of cases.Keywords
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