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Identification and Methicillin Resistance Testing for Staphylococci other than S. aureus (SOSA) – What to Do Now?

CLSI and CAP On-Demand 2024 Webinar

Identification and Methicillin Resistance Testing for Staphylococci other than S. aureus (SOSA) – What to Do Now?

Recorded on: Thursday, 5 December 2024 | 1:00 – 2:00 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.
  4. Explain how to detect mecA-mediated beta lactam-resistance in SoSA.

Speakers:

Lars Westblade, PhD, D(ABMM) Medical Director of Clinical Microbiology, NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center
Jennifer Dien Bard, PhD, D(ABMM), FAAM Director of the Clinical Microbiology and Virology Laboratory Children’s Hospital Los Angeles

Moderator:

Audrey Schuetz, MD, Director of Clinical Microbiology Core Laboratory and Co-Director of Bacteriology, Mayo Clinic

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Earn 1.0 P.A.C.E.® credit for this webinar.

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Chairholder: Lars Westblade, PhD; Jennifer Dien Bard, PhD, D(ABMM), F(CCM),

Date of Webinar: December 5, 2024

CLSI and CAP On-Demand 2024 Webinar Additional Details

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