Usefulness of Multiplex Real-Time PCR for Simultaneous Pathogen Detection and Resistance Profiling of Staphylococcal Bacteremia

Table 3

Comparison of results by real-time PCR with direct specimen and results by MicroScan WalkAway system (thirteen isolates of nonstaphylococci are excluded.).

MicroScan WalkAway system	Real-time PCR assays with direct specimen
	MRSA	MSSA	MRSE	MSSE	MRCoNS	MSCoNS
MRSA	46	—	—	—	—	—
MSSA	1	42	—	—	—	—
MRSE	—	—	85	—	1	—
MSSE	—	—	2	7	—	1
MRCoNS	—	—	4	—	50	3
MSCoNS	—	—	—	1	1	18
Unidentified staphylococci	—	—	5	—	6	4

All the results of mecA were in concordance with phenotypic methicillin resistance.
Methicillin-resistant S. aureus.
Methicillin-susceptible S. aureus.
Methicillin-resistant S. epidermidis.
Methicillin-susceptible S. epidermidis.
Methicillin-resistant non-S. epidermidis CoNS.
Methicillin-susceptible non-S. epidermidis CoNS.