Performance of CHROMagar™ Staph aureus and CHROMagar™ MRSA for detection of Staphylococcus aureus in seawater and beach sand - Comparison of culture, agglutination, and molecular analyses

Water Research

Volumn 43, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 4802-4811

  Goodwin, K D ^a   Pobuda, M ^b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

CHROMagar; clfA; mecA; MRSA; Recreational water quality; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY REACTIONS; BACTERIA; BEACHES; MICROFILTRATION; WATER QUALITY;

CHROMAGAR; CLFUM; MECA; MEMBRANE FILTERS; METHICILLIN; METHICILLIN RESISTANT S AUREUS; PERFORMANCE; RECREATIONAL WATER QUALITY; S. AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

SEAWATER;

METICILLIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2A; RNA 16S; SEA WATER; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BACTERIOLOGY; BACTERIUM; BATHING WATER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DETECTION METHOD; FILTRATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEMATOLOGY; MEMBRANE; OPTIMIZATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAND; SEAWATER; TESTING METHOD; VIRULENCE; WATER QUALITY;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FILTRATION; INCUBATION TIME; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; MEMBRANE FILTER; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASHORE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EVALUATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; SWIMMING; WATER POLLUTION;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BATHING BEACHES; CULTURE MEDIA; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LATEX FIXATION TESTS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEAWATER; SILICON DIOXIDE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 71549164596     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2009.06.025     Document Type: Article

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