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

Table 2

Interpretation of results by real-time PCR assays.

	mecA	femA-SA	femA-SE	Universal; 16S rRNA	Staphylococcal; 16S rRNA
MRSA	P	P	N	P	P
MSSA	N	P	N	P	P
MRSE	P	N	P	P	P
MSSE	N	N	P	P	P
MRCoNS	P	N	N	P	P
MSCoNS	N	N	N	P	P
Nonstaphylococci	P or N	N	N	P	N

femA specific for S. aureus.
femA specific for S. epidermidis.
Positive.
Negative.