Identification and Methicillin Resistance Testing for Staphylococci other than SOSA – What to Do Now?

Thursday, 5 December 2024 | 1:00 – 2:30 PM ET

Learning Objectives

1. Discuss the clinical relevance of Staphylococcus species other than Staphylococcus aureus (SoSA).
2. Describe issues surrounding detection of mecA-mediated beta-lactam resistance in SoSA.
3. Explain situations for which species level identification of SoSA is suggested.

Speakers

Lars Westblade, PhD, Associate Director of our Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Weill Cornell Medicine

Jennifer Dien Bard, PhD, D(ABMM), F(CCM), Director of the Clinical Microbiology and Virology Laboratory, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles

Earn 1.5 P.A.C.E.® credits for this webinar.

CLSI is approved as a provider of continuing education programs in the clinical laboratory sciences by the ASCLS P.A.C.E.® Program.