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Comparative Study
. 2008 Feb;46(2):743-6.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.02071-07. Epub 2007 Dec 5.

Comparison of the BD GeneOhm methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) PCR assay to culture by use of BBL CHROMagar MRSA for detection of MRSA in nasal surveillance cultures from an at-risk community population

Jason E Farley  1 , Paul D Stamper, Tracy Ross, Mian Cai, Sharon Speser, Karen C Carroll
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Comparative Study

Comparison of the BD GeneOhm methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) PCR assay to culture by use of BBL CHROMagar MRSA for detection of MRSA in nasal surveillance cultures from an at-risk community population

Jason E Farley et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2008 Feb.

Abstract

We compared the BD GeneOhm methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) PCR assay to culture with BBL CHROMagar MRSA for nasal surveillance among 602 arrestees from the Baltimore City Jail. The sensitivity and specificity were 88.5% and 91.0%, respectively, and after secondary analysis using enrichment broth, they were 89.0% and 91.7%, respectively. Twenty-three of 42 false-positive PCR lysates contained methicillin-susceptible S. aureus.

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