| Literature DB >> 21998420 |
Anne Dubouix-Bourandy1, Aymard de Ladoucette, Valerie Pietri, Nazim Mehdi, David Benzaquen, Régis Guinand, Jean-Marc Gandois.
Abstract
We evaluated the Xpert MRSA/SA SSTI real-time PCR assay (Cepheid, Sunnyvale, CA) directly on perioperative bone and joint samples. The sensitivity and specificity for detection of methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA), methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), and methicillin-resistant coagulase-negative Staphylococcus were, respectively, 100% and 98.3%, 100% and 100%, and 100% and 95.3%. The median total test turnaround time was 72 min for PCR versus 79 h for culture. Using these rapid results, appropriate antibiotic treatment could be rapidly initiated.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID: 21998420 PMCID: PMC3232950 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00334-11
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN: 0095-1137 Impact factor: 5.948