@article{Friedman_Midolo_Kotsanas_Korman_2009, title={Poor Specificity of Screening Tests for the Detection of Staphylococcus aureus with Reduced Susceptibility to Vancomycin}, volume={2}, url={https://ijic.info/article/view/3929}, DOI={10.3396/ijic.v2i1.3929}, abstractNote={Between July 2001 and December 2003, Staphylococcus aureus with reduced susceptibility to vancomycin was detected by screening tests in 22 isolates at our institution. This report is a cautionary note about the results of screening tests without confirmatory testing for the laboratory identification of vancomycin-intermediate S. aureus.}, number={1}, journal={International Journal of Infection Control}, author={Friedman, Deborah N and Midolo, Peter D and Kotsanas, Despina and Korman, Tony M}, year={2009}, month={Mar.} }