Evaluation of brilliance MRSA 2 agar for detection of Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus in clinical samples

J. Veenemans; C. Verhulst; R. Punselie; P. H.J. Van Keulen; J. A.J.W. Kluytmans

doi:10.1128/JCM.02995-12

Evaluation of brilliance MRSA 2 agar for detection of Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus in clinical samples

J. Veenemans
, C. Verhulst
, R. Punselie
, P. H.J. Van Keulen
, J. A.J.W. Kluytmans

Department of Medical Microbiology

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Abstract

We compared 2 chromogenic media (Oxoid Brilliance MRSA 2 agar [Thermo Fisher Scientific] and MRSA-ID [bioMérieux]) for the detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in 1,368 hospital samples. For both media, broth enrichment was essential to obtain satisfactory diagnostic performance. Although with direct cultures only, the diagnostic performance (particularly sensitivity) of Brilliance MRSA 2 agar appears better than that of MRSA-ID, no difference in sensitivity or specificity between the media was detected after inclusion of an enrichment step.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1026-1027
Number of pages	2
Journal	Journal of Clinical Microbiology
Volume	51
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.02995-12
Publication status	Published - Mar 2013

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