Improved methods in the identification and screening for antimicrobial resistance: chromogenic screening for Staphylococcus aureus and methicillin resistance

Abstract

New enzyme specific synthetic chromogenic substrates offer an advance in the laboratory screening and detection of Staphylococcus aureus and methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA), with increased efficiency, reduced labour costs and decreased turn around times, especially when incorporated into existing laboratory workflows, to support current methods of microbial identification and the detection of resistance.