| Literature DB >> 17050808 |
Lisa Louie1, Deirdre Soares, Helen Meaney, Mary Vearncombe, Andrew E Simor.
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We compared MRSA Select to mannitol-salt agar with 8 microg/ml cefoxitin for the detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) from 6,199 clinical samples submitted for MRSA screening. The sensitivities and specificities of MRSA Select and mannitol-salt agar with cefoxitin were 98% and 92% versus 90% and 78%, respectively (P<0.0001). Most (96%) MRSA were detected after overnight incubation using MRSA Select.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID: 17050808 PMCID: PMC1698420 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01763-06
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN: 0095-1137 Impact factor: 5.948