Single-Hospital Comparison of Automated MRSA Detection Systems

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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