Synthetic scale-up of a novel fluorescent probe and its biological evaluation for surface detection of Staphylococcus aureus

This paper reports on the LGX fluorometric test for enzymatic MRSA/MSSA detection. It highlights the reasons rhodamines have been overlooked and also strategies to improve the synthesis of rhodamine-peptide conjugates. Evaluation of the LGX test for detection of MRSA/MSSA on surfaces is undertaken in the presence of potentially confounding E. coli and S. epidermidis for the first time.