Surrogate marker for MRSA detection is ?: (A) Cefotaxime, (B) Ceftazadime, (C) Cephloridine, (D) Cefoxitin
Answer is D. Ans. is 'd' i.e., CefoxitinTesting with cefoxitin as a surrogate marker for the detection of methicillin resistance was very accurate with both disc both disc diffusion and agar dilution methods.Such testing clearly distinguished methicillin-resistant strains of S.aureus from methicillin-susceptible strains.