Alternative use for spectra MRSA chromogenic agar in detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from positive blood cultures.
Spectra MRSA agar (Remel, Lenexa, KS), a novel chromogenic medium originally developed to detect methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) from nasal swabs, was evaluated in this multicenter study for the detection of MRSA from positive blood cultures exhibiting Gram-positive cocci upon initial Gram staining.
Peterson
Jess F
JF
Department of Pathology, Medical College of Wisconsin, 9200 West Wisconsin Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA.
Dionisio
Alexander A
AA
Riebe
Katherine M
KM
Hall
Gerri S
GS
Wilson
Deborah A
DA
Whittier
Susan
S
Dipersio
Joseph R
JR
Ledeboer
Nathan A
NA
D000362:Agar; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D001769:Blood / Q000382:microbiology*; D003470:Culture Media / Q000737:chemistry*; D006801:Humans; D055624:Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*
D003470:Culture Media; D000362:Agar
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