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Performance of CHROMagar MRSA medium for detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

Diederen B, van Duijn I, van Belkum A, Willemse P, van Keulen P, Kluytmans J

Laboratory of Microbiology and Infection Control, Amphia Hospital, Breda, The Netherlands. b.diederen@elisabeth.nl

CHROMagar MRSA was evaluated for its ability to identify methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). A well-defined collection consisting of 216 MRSA strains and 241 methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus isolates was used. The sensitivity of CHROMagar MRSA after 24 h of incubation was 95.4%, increasing to 100% after 48 h. The specificity was already 100% after 24 h.

Published 7 April 2005 in J Clin Microbiol, 43(4): 1925-7.
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