@article{mbs:/content/journal/jmm/10.1099/jmm.0.46965-0, author = "Moreira de Oliveira, Naira Elane and Cardozo, Ana Paula Couto Marques and Marques, Elizabeth de Andrade and Netto dos Santos, Kátia Regina and deMarval, Marcia Giambiagi", title = "Interpretive criteria to differentiate low- and high-level mupirocin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus", journal= "Journal of Medical Microbiology", year = "2007", volume = "56", number = "7", pages = "937-939", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46965-0", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/jmm/10.1099/jmm.0.46965-0", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1473-5644", type = "Journal Article", keywords = "MRSA, meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus", abstract = "Meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates were classified into three mupirocin susceptibility groups by the disc diffusion method using 5 and 200 μg mupirocin discs. The zone diameter observed for a 5 μg disc distinguished MupS from the resistant strains (either MupRL or MupRH). On the other hand, a 200 μg disc distinguished the high-resistance MupRH strains from the other two (MupS or MupRL). Thus, the concomitant use of 5 and 200 μg mupirocin discs allowed the clear distinction among the three mupirocin susceptibility groups, MupS, MupRL or MupRH.", }