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Laboratory Evaluation of the BD MAX MRSA Assay

Author(s) -

Raymond Widen,

Vicki Healer,

Suzane Silbert

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

journal of clinical microbiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.349

H-Index - 255

eISSN - 1070-633X

pISSN - 0095-1137

DOI - 10.1128/jcm.00237-14

Subject(s) - staphylococcus aureus , methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus , microbiology and biotechnology , micrococcaceae , anterior nares , medicine , staphylococcal infections , virology , biology , antibacterial agent , bacteria , antibiotics , genetics

A comparison between the BD MAX MRSA and Xpert MRSA assays was performed using 239 nares samples. A 97.9% overall agreement between the two molecular assays was observed. The BD MAX MRSA assay proved to be a reliable alternative for a highly automated system to detect methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in patient nares samples.

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