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Rapid detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus by Crystal MRSA ID System
S M Qadri1, Y Ueno, H Imambaccus
1King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Journal of Clinical Microbiology
|July 1, 1994
Abstract:
A commercially available method for the rapid detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (BBL Crystal MRSA ID System) was evaluated and compared with conventional methods. All 52 isolates of methicillin-susceptible and 142 isolates of intrinsic methicillin-resistant S. aureus were correctly identified in 4 h by the test method, whereas correct identification took 11 to 24 h by conventional methods. The test is simple, rapid, and easy to perform and the results are easy to interpret.