Summary
Examination of nasal swabs from patients in hospital units at high risk of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) revealed the superiority of the XPert MRSA Gen 3 system compared with the BD-MAX MRSA system in terms of detection accuracy and speed.
- polymerase chain reaction
- MRSA
- methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
- growth-based assay
- XPert MRSA Gen 3
- BD-MAX MRSA
- laboratory techniques
- bacterial infections
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