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Identification of Staphylococcus aureus from enriched nasal swabs within 24 h is improved with use of multiple
Maya Nadimpalli1, Christopher Heaney2, Jill R Stewart1
1Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1301 Michael Hooker Research Center, 135 Dauer Drive, CB 7431, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
Abstract:
Nasal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus is commonly evaluated via culture-based methods. We found that parallel use of two media, Baird-Parker and CHROMagar™ Staph aureus, increased detection of S. aureus from a healthy population by 29 %. We suggest use of both media for optimal identification of S. aureus from healthy cohorts.
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