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https://ahro.austin.org.au/austinjspui/handle/1/11247| Title: | Evaluation of the Xpert™ MRSA/SA Blood Culture assay for the detection of Staphylococcus aureus including strains with reduced vancomycin susceptibility from blood culture specimens. | Austin Authors: | Kelley, Peter G;Grabsch, Elizabeth A ;Farrell, Jenny;Xie, Shirley;Montgomery, Janet;Mayall, Barrie C;Howden, Benjamin P | Affiliation: | Microbiology, Austin Health, Victoria, Australia | Issue Date: | 15-Apr-2011 | Publication information: | Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease 2011; 70(3): 404-7 | Abstract: | The Xpert MRSA/SA Blood Culture (BC) assay (Cepheid, Sunnyvale, CA) was prospectively compared to culture and found to have excellent specificity for both Staphylococcus aureus and methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) in BC specimens with a sensitivity of 75% (3/4) and 100% (17/17), respectively. Among 28 heterogeneous vancomycin-intermediate S. aureus (hVISA)/VISA spiked BCs, the assay correctly identified 84.6% VISA and 80% hVISA isolates as MRSA. | Gov't Doc #: | 21497042 | URI: | http://ahro.austin.org.au/austinjspui/handle/1/11247 | DOI: | 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2011.02.006 | URL: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21497042 | Type: | Journal Article | Subjects: | Adolescent Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Bacteremia.microbiology Bacteriological Techniques.methods Blood.microbiology Drug Resistance, Bacterial Humans Middle Aged Sensitivity and Specificity Staphylococcal Infections.microbiology Staphylococcus aureus.drug effects.isolation & purification Vancomycin.pharmacology Young Adult |
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