Evaluation of a New Chromogenic Medium, MRSA Select , for Detection of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
- 1 December 2006
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Clinical Microbiology
- Vol. 44 (12) , 4561-4563
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.01763-06
Abstract
We compared MRSA Select to mannitol-salt agar with 8 μg/ml cefoxitin for the detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) from 6,199 clinical samples submitted for MRSA screening. The sensitivities and specificities of MRSA Select and mannitol-salt agar with cefoxitin were 98% and 92% versus 90% and 78%, respectively ( P < 0.0001). Most (96%) MRSA were detected after overnight incubation using MRSA Select .Keywords
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