Three-way comparison of BBL CHROMagar MRSA II, MRSASelect, and spectra MRSA for detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates in nasal surveillance cultures

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 202-205

  Denys, Gerald A ^a   Renzi, Pamela B ^a   Koch, Kim M ^a   Wissel, Carol M ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM EXAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BBL CHROMAGAR MRSA II; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; INCUBATION TIME; INOCULATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL MORPHOLOGY; MRSASELECT; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTRA MRSA;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CARRIER STATE; CHROMOGENIC COMPOUNDS; COLOR; CULTURE MEDIA; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NOSE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TIME FACTORS;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; OVIS ARIES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84871686598     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02022-12     Document Type: Article

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