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Published on: July 8, 2011
A rapid bioluminescent method for the detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonies
The Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
|January 1, 1985
Abstract:
A rapid method for the detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus is described. A bioluminescent technique was used to compare the amounts of extracellular adenosine triphosphate released by methicillin-resistant and methicillin-sensitive strains. When tested by this method 29 Staph. aureus strains of known methicillin susceptibility were correctly identified.

