scholarly journals Comparative assessment of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus diagnostic assays for use in resource-limited settings

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Ayebare ◽  
L. M. Bebell ◽  
J. Bazira ◽  
S. Ttendo ◽  
V. Katawera ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Staphylococcus Aureus ◽  
Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus ◽  
Comparative Assessment ◽  
Resource Limited Settings ◽  
Methicillin Resistant ◽  
Diagnostic Assays ◽  
Resource Limited

scholarly journals Comparative Evaluation of Two PCR-Based Methods for Detection of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA): Xpert MRSA Gen 3 and BD-Max MRSA XT

2015 ◽  
Vol 53 (6) ◽  
pp. 1955-1958 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margaux Lepainteur ◽  
Sandrine Delattre ◽  
Sophie Cozza ◽  
Christine Lawrence ◽  
Anne-Laure Roux ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Staphylococcus Aureus ◽  
Comparative Evaluation ◽  
Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus ◽  
Molecular Diagnostic ◽  
Walk Away ◽  
Methicillin Resistant ◽  
Diagnostic Assays ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Culture Positive ◽  
Xpert Assay

We compared two walk-away molecular diagnostic assays, the GeneXpert MRSA Gen 3 assay and the BD-Max MRSA XT assay. A total of 119 prospective swabs and 36 culture-positive samples were tested. Xpert MRSA Gen 3 had sensitivity of 95.7% and specificity of 100% versus 87.5% and 97.1% for BD-Max. The difference in agreement with the enriched culture results was significantly in favor of the Xpert assay (P< 0.02, McNemar nonparametric text).

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