Identification and Methicillin Resistance Testing for Staphylococci other than SOSA – What to Do Now?
Includes a Live Web Event on 12/05/2024 at 1:00 PM (EST)
Thursday, 5 December 2024 | 1:00 – 2:30 PM ET
Learning Objectives
- Discuss the clinical relevance of Staphylococcus species other than Staphylococcus aureus (SoSA).
- Describe issues surrounding detection of mecA-mediated beta-lactam resistance in SoSA.
- 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.