Rapid Detection of Staphylococcus aureus and Methicillin-Resistant S. aureus (MRSA) in Wound Specimens and Blood Cultures: Multicenter Preclinical Evaluation of the Cepheid Xpert MRSA/SA Skin and Soft Tissue and Blood Culture Assays
| Autor: | E. Picton, Donna M. Wolk, DeAnna Fuller, Marc Struelens, David A. Johnson, Preeti Pancholi, Roberta Dickenson, Thomas E. Davis, Kimberle C. Chapin, Olivier Denis, Phyllis Della-Latta |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
| Předmět: |
Microbiology (medical)
Micrococcaceae Meticillin biology medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry medicine.drug_class Antibiotics Soft tissue Drug resistance bacterial infections and mycoses biology.organism_classification medicine.disease_cause Rapid detection Microbiology Staphylococcus aureus Medicine Blood culture business medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 47:823-826 |
| ISSN: | 1098-660X 0095-1137 |
| DOI: | 10.1128/jcm.01884-08 |
| Popis: | A multicenter preclinical evaluation was conducted to evaluate the performance of two Cepheid Xpert assays for detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and S. aureus . Sensitivity was 97.1% and 98.3% for MRSA in wound and blood culture specimens, respectively. Sensitivity was 100% for S. aureus from both specimen types. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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