| Literature DB >> 20943869 |
Surbhi Malhotra-Kumar1, Liesbet Van Heirstraeten, Andie Lee, José Cortinas Abrahantes, Christine Lammens, Evelyn Vanhommerig, Geert Molenberghs, Marc Aerts, Stephan Harbarth, Herman Goossens.
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The diagnostic sensitivities of the BD GeneOhm and Cepheid Xpert assays were compared using culture on log-serial dilutions of well-characterized methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and non-MRSA strains and on nasal and groin swabs from patients with histories of MRSA carriage. The sensitivities of GeneOhm and Xpert were high at 10(3)-CFU/ml MRSA concentrations (92.3% and 96.3%, respectively) although decreased considerably (<35%) at a 1-log-lower concentration. Unexpectedly, both assays also detected select coagulase-negative staphylococci, which requires further evaluation.Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID: 20943869 PMCID: PMC3008470 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00004-10
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN: 0095-1137 Impact factor: 5.948