METHOD OF DETECTING METICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS

摘要

Medium for detecting microorganisms (A) resistant to methicillin (I) comprises, apart from necessary nutrients: (a) an antibiotic (II) that is a second- or third-generation cephalosporin; and (b) a chromogen (II) that liberates a chromophore after hydrolysis by an active enzyme of (A). An Independent claim is also included for a process for detecting (A) by inoculating the new medium with a test sample (or inoculum derived from it), incubation under growth conditions and detecting, in the medium, colored colonies of (A).