Open AccessEvaluation of Bio-Rad MRSA Select Agar for Detection of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Directly from Blood Cultures
Author(s) -
Stefan Riedel,
Lisa Dam,
Paul D. Stamper,
Syed Ahsan Raza Shah,
Karen C. Carroll
Publication year - 2010
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.02209-09
Subject(s) - agar , microbiology and biotechnology , staphylococcus aureus , coagulase , micrococcaceae , agar plate , biology , staphylococcus , methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus , blood culture , gram positive cocci , bacteria , antibacterial agent , antibiotics , genetics
MRSASelect agar (Bio-Rad, Redmond, WA) was evaluated for its performance in detecting MRSA directly from positive blood cultures containing Gram-positive cocci in clusters. Agar plates were evaluated for the presence of pink colonies at 18 to 24 h. Results were compared to organism identification by using standard laboratory methods. Confirming coagulase on pink isolates, the sensitivity and specificity were both 99%.
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