Performance of CHROMagar MRSA Medium for Detection of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
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- 1 April 2005
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Clinical Microbiology
- Vol. 43 (4) , 1925-1927
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.43.4.1925-1927.2005
Abstract
CHROMagar MRSA was evaluated for its ability to identify methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). A well-defined collection consisting of 216 MRSA strains and 241 methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus isolates was used. The sensitivity of CHROMagar MRSA after 24 h of incubation was 95.4%, increasing to 100% after 48 h. The specificity was already 100% after 24 h.Keywords
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