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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, January 2008, p. 350-351, Vol. 46, No. 1
0095-1137/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.02130-07
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Comparison of BD GeneOhm Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) PCR versus the CHROMagar MRSA Assay for Screening Patients for the Presence of MRSA Strains{triangledown}

John M. Boyce1,2* and Nancy L. Havill1

Department of Medicine, Hospital of Saint Raphael, 1450 Chapel Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06511,1 Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut2

Received 3 November 2007/ Accepted 5 November 2007

We compared the BD GeneOhm methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) real-time PCR assay with the CHROMagar MRSA assay for the detection of MRSA in 286 nasal surveillance specimens. Compared with the CHROMagar MRSA assay, PCR had sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and negative predictive values of 100%, 98.6%, 95.8%, and 100%, respectively. The mean PCR turnaround time was 14.5 h.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Infectious Diseases Section, Hospital of Saint Raphael, 1450 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT 06511. Phone: (203) 789-3566. Fax: (203) 789-4239. E-mail: JBoyce{at}srhs.org

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 21 November 2007.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, January 2008, p. 350-351, Vol. 46, No. 1
0095-1137/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.02130-07
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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