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S02 E82 - Episode 82: Discrepancies between phenotypic and genotypic testing in Microbiology (Part 2)

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This is part 2 of a two part series. Dr. Rachael Liesman goes over scenarios where genotypic and phenotypic testing do not match and what to do. What do you do when your molecular instrument detects mec-A and Staphylococcus aureusbut your susceptibility report shows oxacillin susceptible? What about VanA andEnterococcus? As Medical Laboratory Scientists in Microbiology, we encounter this type of situations. Tune in to find out how to troubleshoot these discrepancies.

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Authored by: Luis Plaza, Let's Talk Micro, Medical Laboratory Scientist
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First contributed: 24 March 2023
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