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KMID : 0985420080300020279
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Laboratory Medicine and Quality Assurance
2008 Volume.30 No. 2 p.279 ~ p.283
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Evaluation of MRSASelect for Discrimination of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from Other Staphylococci
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Kim Yong-Kyun
Kim Jae-Seok
Lee Hyoung-Sun
Song Won-Keun
Kim Han-Sung
Park Ji-Young
Cho Hyoun-Chan
Lee Kyu-Man
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Abstract
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Background: It is now recognized that screening for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in hospital is an effective infection control measure, and selective media-based methods have been commonly used. MRSASelect (MRSAS; Bio-Rad, Hercules, CA, USA) is MRSA selective agar incorporating chromogenic enzymatic substrates, and have been found to be more sensitive and specific than other selective media. The aim of present study was to evaluate MRSAS for discrimination of MRSA from other staphylococci by comparison with mannitol-salt agar with oxacillin (MSO) which is widely used as a MRSA selective medium.
Methods: Ninety-eight staphylococcal strains which were isolated from blood culture specimen, representing 16 MRSA, 6 methicillin-susceptible S. aureus, 59 methicillin-resistant coagulase- negative staphylococci (MRCNS), and 17 methicillin-susceptible coagulase-negative staphylococci were tested. The isolated colonies from pure culture were directly inoculated onto MSO and MRSAS respectively. On MRSAS any growth appearing pink after 24 hours incubation, and on MSO any growth appearing yellow after 48 hours incubation was interpreted as positive for the presence of MRSA.
Results: Sensitivities of MRSAS and MSO for MRSA detection were equal (93.8%). Specificities for MRSA discrimination from other staphylococci were 98.8% and 89.0%, and especially from MRCNS were 100% and 84.7%, for MRSAS and MSO, respectively.
Conclusion: The MRSAS showed equal sensitivity compared with MSO for the detection of MRSA. MRSAS showed higher specificity than MSO in discrimination MRSA from MRCNS. It was suggested that the implementation of MRSAS in MRSA screening could decrease the work needed for MRCNS identification
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KEYWORD
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Chromogenic media, Methcilin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Mannitol-salt agar, Screening
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