Performance of CHROMagar MRSA medium for detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Bram Diederen; Inge Van Duijn; Alex Van Belkum; Piet Willemse; Peter Van Keulen; Jan Kluytmans

doi:10.1128/JCM.43.4.1925-1927.2005

Performance of CHROMagar MRSA medium for detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Bram Diederen^*, Inge Van Duijn, Alex Van Belkum, Piet Willemse, Peter Van Keulen, Jan Kluytmans

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CHROMagar MRSA was evaluated for its ability to identify methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). A well-defined collection consisting of 216 MRSA strains and 241 methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus isolates was used. The sensitivity of CHROMagar MRSA after 24 h of incubation was 95.4%, increasing to 100% after 48 h. The specificity was already 100% after 24 h.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1925-1927
Number of pages	3
Journal	Journal of Clinical Microbiology
Volume	43
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.43.4.1925-1927.2005
Publication status	Published - Apr 2005
Externally published	Yes

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