Evaluation of the Xpert™ MRSA/SA Blood Culture assay for the detection of Staphylococcus aureus including strains with reduced vancomycin susceptibility from blood culture specimens

Abstract The Xpert MRSA/SA Blood Culture (BC) assay (Cepheid, Sunnyvale, CA) was prospectively compared to culture and found to have excellent specificity for both Staphylococcus aureus and methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) in BC specimens with a sensitivity of 75% (3/4) and 100% (17/17), respe...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease 2011-07, Vol.70 (3), p.404-407
Hauptverfasser:	Kelley, Peter G, Grabsch, Elizabeth A, Farrell, Jenny, Xie, Shirley, Montgomery, Janet, Mayall, Barrie, Howden, Benjamin P
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Bacteremia - microbiology Bacteriological Techniques - methods Bacteriology Biological and medical sciences Blood - microbiology Blood culture Drug Resistance, Bacterial Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology GeneXpert Humans Infectious Disease Infectious diseases Internal Medicine Medical sciences Microbiology Middle Aged Miscellaneous PCR Sensitivity and Specificity Staphylococcal Infections - microbiology Staphylococcus aureus Staphylococcus aureus - drug effects Staphylococcus aureus - isolation & purification Vancomycin - pharmacology Young Adult
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