Evaluation of a Chromogenic Biplate Medium (ChromID MRSA/ChromID S. aureus) for the Simultaneous Detection of Methicillin-Resistant and Methicillin-Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus in Preoperative Screening Samples from the Anterior Nares |
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| Authors: | Marina Mukovnikova Erlangga Yusuf Veerle Cossey Annette Schuermans Veroniek Saegeman |
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| Affiliation: | aDepartment of Infection Control and Epidemiology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium;bDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium;cDepartment of Public Health and Primary Care, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium;dDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium |
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| Abstract: | We evaluated the performance of the ChromID MRSA/ChromID S. aureus biplate for the simultaneous detection of Staphylococcus aureus and methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) in preoperative screening samples. The sensitivity and specificity were 94.2% and 93.6%, respectively, for the S. aureus compartment and 92.9% and 99.7% for the MRSA compartment after 48 h incubation. |
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