Prospective Two-Center Comparison of Three Chromogenic Agars for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Screening in Hospitalized Patients.

Dodémont, Magali; Verhulst, Carlo; Nonhoff, Claire; Nagant, Carole; Denis, Olivier; Kluytmans, Jan

Dodémont, Magali; Verhulst, Carlo; Nonhoff, Claire; Nagant, Carole; Denis, Olivier; Kluytmans, Jan.

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Dodémont M; National Reference Centre-Staphylococcus aureus, Department of Microbiology, Hôpital Erasme, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium magali.dodemont@erasme.ulb.ac.be.
Verhulst C; Amphia Hospital, Breda, The Netherlands.
Nonhoff C; National Reference Centre-Staphylococcus aureus, Department of Microbiology, Hôpital Erasme, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.
Nagant C; National Reference Centre-Staphylococcus aureus, Department of Microbiology, Hôpital Erasme, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.
Denis O; National Reference Centre-Staphylococcus aureus, Department of Microbiology, Hôpital Erasme, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.
Kluytmans J; Amphia Hospital, Breda, The Netherlands.

J Clin Microbiol ; 53(9): 3014-6, 2015 Sep.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26109446

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Chromogenic Compounds/metabolism; Culture Media/chemistry; Mass Screening/methods; Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus/isolation & purification; Staphylococcal Infections/diagnosis; Agar; Hospitals; Humans; Prospective Studies; Sensitivity and Specificity

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Staphylococcal Infections / Mass Screening / Chromogenic Compounds / Culture Media / Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Type of study: Diagnostic_studies / Evaluation_studies / Observational_studies / Prognostic_studies / Screening_studies Limits: Humans Language: En Journal: J Clin Microbiol Year: 2015 Type: Article Affiliation country: Belgium

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