Table 7: Latex Agglutination Test for Penicillin Binding Protein (PBP2’) in nasal isolates of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

S/N Isolates Agg present in 3
minutes
Agg absent in 3
minutes
Agg present in
Control latex
in 3 minutes
Interpretation of
results
1 N3 NIL PBP2’ Negative NIL MSSA
2 N7 NIL PBP2’ Negative NIL MSSA
3 N11 NIL PBP2’ Negative NIL MSSA
4 N14 PBP2’ Positive NIL NIL MRSA
5 N16 NIL PBP2’ Negative NIL MSSA
6 N22 NIL PBP2’ Negative NIL MSSA
7 N36 NIL PBP2’ Negative NIL MSSA
8 N37 NIL PBP2’ Negative NIL MSSA
9 N38 PBP2’ Positive NIL NIL MRSA
10 N40 NIL PBP2’ Negative NIL MSSA
11 N43 NIL PBP2’ Negative NIL MSSA
12 N44 NIL PBP2’ Negative NIL MSSA
13 N45S NIL PBP2’ Negative NIL MSSA
14 N54 NIL PBP2’ Negative NIL MSSA
15 N55 PBP2’ Positive NIL NIL MRSA
16 N61 NIL PBP2’ Negative NIL MSSA
17 N62S NIL PBP2’ Negative NIL MSSA
18 N66 NIL PBP2’ Negative NIL MSSA
19 N69 PBP2’ Positive NIL NIL MRSA
20 N71 NIL PBP2’ Negative NIL MSSA
21 N74S NIL PBP2’ Negative NIL MSSA
22 N77 PBP2’ Positive NIL NIL MRSA
23 N79 NIL PBP2’ Negative NIL MSSA
24 N80 NIL PBP2’ Negative NIL MSSA
25 N82 NIL PBP2’ Negative NIL MSSA