Separation of Methicillin-Resistant from Methicillin-Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus by Electrophoretic Methods in Fused Silica Capillaries Etched with Supercritical Water
2014
Identification and prevention of Staphylococcus aureus-caused
infections may benefit from a fast and dependable method to
distinguish between the methicillin-resistant (MRSA) and
methicillin susceptible (MSSA) S. aureus strains. The current
methods involving polymerase chain reaction and/or other
molecular tests are usually laborious and time-consuming. We
describe here a fasgt and low-cost method employing capillary
zone electrophoresis (CZE) to distinguish between MRSA and
MSSA. The method makes use of a supecritical water-treated
fused silica capillary, the inner surface of which has
subsequently been modified with (3
glycidyloxypropyl)trimethoxysilane. With optimized proportions
fo suitable additives to the background electrolyte, a CZE
separation of MRSA from MSSA may be completed within 12 min.
The cells were baseline-resolved, and resolution was determined
to be 3.61. the isoelectric points of MSSA and MRSA were found
to be the same for both groups of these strains, pI= 3.4.
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