| Literature DB >> 22993185 |
Emilia Cercenado1, Mercedes Marín, Almudena Burillo, Pablo Martín-Rabadán, Marisa Rivera, Emilio Bouza.
Abstract
A preclinical evaluation was conducted to evaluate the performance of the Cepheid Xpert assay on 135 lower respiratory tract secretions for detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and S. aureus. Compared with the quantitative culture, the sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative predictive values were 99.0%, 72.2%, 90.7%, and 96.3%, respectively.Entities:
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Year: 2012 PMID: 22993185 PMCID: PMC3502952 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02409-12
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN: 0095-1137 Impact factor: 5.948