title: Verification of the IDI-MRSA assay for detecting methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in diverse specimen types in a core clinical laboratory setting.
abstract: The IDI-MRSA assay has a sensitivity of 96% and a specificity of 96% when used to screen patients at extranasal sites. This verification study used previously unverified swabs and was undertaken in a core medical laboratory using nonmicrobiology technologists trained in sample processing, molecular laboratory work flow, and PCR practice.
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory Medicine, North York General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario M2K1E1, Canada.
authors.forename: Steven J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Drews
authors.forename: Barbara M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Willey
authors.forename: Nathan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kreiswirth
authors.forename: Min
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Teresa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ianes
authors.forename: Jayne
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mitchell
authors.forename: Mary
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Latchford
authors.forename: Allison J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: McGeer
authors.forename: Kevin C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Katz
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D016106:Methicillin Resistance; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000302:isolation & purification*