title: Development of the novel chromogenic screening medium for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
abstract: MRSA-chrom, a novel chromogenic screening agar medium for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), was developed. There were all MRSA strains recovered in 24h as a specific blue-colored colony among 130 microbes including 42 MRSA strains. MRSA-chrom showed the highest detection ratio among 4 commercially available selective media using 50 clinical specimens.
authors: Microbiology Research Division, Kohjin Bio Co., Ltd., Saitama, Japan. Electronic address: teramurahajime@gmail.com.
authors: Hajime
authors: H
authors: Teramura
authors: Microbiology Research Division, Kohjin Bio Co., Ltd., Saitama, Japan.
authors: Jun-Ichiro
authors: J
authors: Sekiguchi
authors: Department of Quality Management, BML Inc., Saitama, Japan.
authors: Masahiro
authors: M
authors: Shimojima
mesh_terms: D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D002863:Chromogenic Compounds; D006801:Humans; D055624:Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D002863:Chromogenic Compounds
keywords: Antimicrobial resistance; Chromogenic medium; Clinical specimen; MRSA; Screening; Staphylococcus aureus