Performance of CHROMagar MRSA medium for detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus |
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Authors: | Diederen Bram van Duijn Inge van Belkum Alex Willemse Piet van Keulen Peter Kluytmans Jan |
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Affiliation: | Laboratory of Microbiology and Infection Control, Amphia Hospital, Breda, The Netherlands. b.diederen@elisabeth.nl |
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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. |
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