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Comparative Study
. 2014 Jul;52(7):2686-8.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.00237-14. Epub 2014 May 14.

Laboratory evaluation of the BD MAX MRSA assay

Raymond Widen  1 , Vicki Healer  2 , Suzane Silbert  2
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Comparative Study

Laboratory evaluation of the BD MAX MRSA assay

Raymond Widen et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2014 Jul.

Abstract

A comparison between the BD MAX MRSA and Xpert MRSA assays was performed using 239 nares samples. A 97.9% overall agreement between the two molecular assays was observed. The BD MAX MRSA assay proved to be a reliable alternative for a highly automated system to detect methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in patient nares samples.

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Comparison of hands-on times and walkaway times for the Xpert and BD MAX MRSA assays for 16 samples, displayed as hours:minutes:seconds.
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Comparison of hands-on times and walkaway times for the Xpert and BD MAX MRSA assays for 24 samples, displayed as hours:minutes:seconds.
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