Rapidly Diagnosing And Identifying MRSA From MSSA, FDA Clears First Test

Staphylococcus aureus infections can be resistant to methicillin - an antibiotic - or susceptible to it. MRSA is resistant to methicillin while MSSA is susceptible. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the first test - the KeyPath MRSA/MSSA Blood Culture Test - that can tell one from the other rapidly. Methicillin, also known as Staphcillin, is a semisynthetic penicillin-related antibiotic. It used to be effective against staphylococci resistant penicillin. Methicillin has been largely taken over by Vancomycin and is rarely used today...

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