Clinical impact of a real-time PCR assay for rapid identification of Staphylococcus aureus and determination of methicillin resistance from positive blood cultures V. Cattoir, L. Merabet, N. Djibo, C. Rioux, P. Legrand, E. Girou, P. Lesprit Clinical Microbiology and Infection Volume 17, Issue 3, Pages 425-431 (March 2011) DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2010.03233.x Copyright © 2011 European Society of Clinical Infectious Diseases Terms and Conditions
FIG. 1 Classification of the episodes of staphylococcal-positive blood cultures by type of isolate. BSI, bloodstream infection; CoNS, coagulase-negative staphylococci; MRSA, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; MSSA, methicillin-susceptible S. aureus; MRCoNS, methicillin-resistant CoNS; MSCoNS, methicillin-susceptible CoNS; MR/ScoNS, mixture of methicillin-resistant and -susceptible CoNS. Clinical Microbiology and Infection 2011 17, 425-431DOI: (10.1111/j.1469-0691.2010.03233.x) Copyright © 2011 European Society of Clinical Infectious Diseases Terms and Conditions