Rapid bench identification of methicillin-sensitive and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: A multicenter comparative evaluation of Alere PBP2a Culture Colony Test (Alere) Versus Slidex MRSA detection (bioMérieux)

Jason Tasse (1) , Céline Dupieux (1) , Jocelyne Caillon (2) , Philippe Lanotte (3, 4) , Brigitte Lamy (5) , Nejla Aissa (6) , Pascale Bemer (2) , Laurent Mereghetti (3, 4) , Anne-Laure Michon (5) , Alain Lozniewski (6) , Michèle Bes (1) , Sophie Trouillet-Assant (1) , Frédéric Laurent (1)

1 StaPath - Pathogénie des Staphylocoques – Staphylococcal Pathogenesis
2 CHU Nantes - Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nantes = Nantes University Hospital
3 Service de Bactériologie-Virologie-Hygiène [Tours]
4 UMR ISP - Infectiologie et Santé Publique
5 CHRU Montpellier - Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire [Montpellier]
6 CHRU Nancy - Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Nancy

Using 30 clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus representative of the most prevalent clones circulating in France, the performance of the Alere™ PBP2a Culture Colony Test (CCT) and the Slidex(®) MRSA detection kit (SMD) were compared in 5 different labs. CCT demonstrated better performance and was easier to conduct in routine.

Mots clés: Susceptibility testing; Methicillin resistance; Staphylococcus aureus; PBP2a; Rapid tests

Domaines: Maladies infectieuses; Microbiologie et Parasitologie

Jason Tasse, Céline Dupieux, Jocelyne Caillon, Philippe Lanotte, Brigitte Lamy, et al.. Rapid bench identification of methicillin-sensitive and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: A multicenter comparative evaluation of Alere PBP2a Culture Colony Test (Alere) Versus Slidex MRSA detection (bioMérieux). Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, 2016, 85 (4), pp.419 - 421. ⟨10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2016.04.008⟩. ⟨hal-01868065⟩