| MRSA Swab Sampling - 2008 |
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Reductions in Workload and Reporting by Use of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Screening with MRSASelect Medium Compared to Mannitol-Salk Medium Supplemented with Oxacillin |
Philippe R. S. Lagacé-Wiens, Michelle J. Alfa, Kanchana Manickam, and Godfrey K. M. Harding |
Journal of Clinical Microbiology April 2008, p. 1174-1177 |
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Reduction in Workload and Reporting Time of MRSA Screening with MRSASelect™ Medium versus Mannitol-Salt Medium Supplemented with Oxacillin |
Philippe R.S. Lagacé-Wiens, Michelle J. Alfa, Kanchana Manickam, Godfrey K.M Harding |
American Society for Microbiology 30 January 2008 |
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In vitro activity profile of ceftobiprole, an anti-MRSA cephalosporin, against recent Gram-positive and Gram-negative isolates of European origin |
Chris M. Pillar, Mohana K. Aranza, Dineshchandra Shah and Daniel F. Sahm |
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy January 23, 2008 doi:10.1093/jac/dkm492 |
| MRSA Swab Sampling - 2007 |
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Prevalence of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Nasal Colonization among Taiwanese Children in 2005 and 2006 |
Yhu-Chering Huang, Kao-Pin Hwang, Po-Yen Chen, Chih-Jung Chen, and Tzou-Yien Lin |
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY, December 2007, p. 3992–3995 |
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Evaluation of the ESwab for MRSA Screening with Real-Time PCR, BD GeneOhm and Culture |
Arnalda Giambra*, Santina Castriciano
Copan, Brescia, Italy |
5th European Meeting on Molecular Diagnostics.
Scheveningen, The Hague, Netherlands
18th & 19th October 2007
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Performance of the BD GeneOhm Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Test before and during High-Volume Clinical Use |
Suzanne M. Paule, Donna M. Hacek, Bridget Kufner, Karine Truchon, Richard B. Thomson, Jr., Karen L. Kaul, Ari Robicsek, and Lance R. Peterson |
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY, September 2007, p. 2993–2998 |
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Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus(MRSA) Detection: Comparison of Two Molecular Methods (IDI-MRSA PCR Assay and GenoType MRSA Direct PCR Assay) with Three Selective MRSA Agars (MRSA ID, MRSASelect, and CHROMagar MRSA) for Use with Infection-Control Swabs |
S. J. van Hal, D. Stark, B. Lockwood, D. Marriott, and J. Harkness |
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY, August 2007, p. 2486–2490 |
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Use of CultureSwab Plus Swabs with Amies Gel Agar for Testing of Naris Specimens with the GeneOhm MRSA Assay |
P. P. Bourbeau, J. A. Riley, B. C. Shoemaker, and K. S. Jones |
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY, July 2007, p. 2281-2283 |
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Comparison of Two Versions of the IDI-MRSA Assay Using Charcoal Swabs for Prospective Nasal and Nonnasal Surveillance Samples |
Sean X. Zhang, Steven J. Drews, Joanne Tomassi, and Kevin C. Katz |
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY, July 2007, p. 2278-2280 |
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Performance of the BD GeneOhm™ MRSA Test Before and During High-Volume Clinical Use |
Suzanne M. Paule, Donna M. Hacek, Bridget Kufner, Karine Truchon,
Richard B. Thomson Jr, Karen L. Kaul, Ari Robicsek, and Lance R. Peterson |
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY, July 11, 2007 |

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Complete Mrsa Nasal Screening Using A Single, New And Novel Swab Transport System |
Suzane Silbert, Andrea dos Santos Pereira, Fernanda Marques da Silva, Fernanda Matsiko Inoue, Paulo José Martins Bispo, Luis Carlos Lamblet, Ana Cristina Gales, Antonio Carlos Campos Pignatari |
ASM 2007 American Society for Microbiology Toronto, Canada - May 21-25, 2007 |
| MRSA Swab Sampling - 2006 |

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Optimal
Surveillance Culture Sites
for Detection of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus
aureus in
Newborns |
Alana Rosenthal, Diane White, Sheila Churilla, Sandra Brodie, Kevin C. Katz |
JOURNAL
OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY,
November 2006, p. 4234-4236 |

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Surveillance Culture Sites in Newborns to Optimize Detection of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus |
Alana Rosenthal, Diane White, Sheila Churilla, Sandra Brodie, Kevin C. Katz |
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY, September 6, 2006 |

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Staphylococcus aureus Throat Colonization Is More Frequent than Colonization in the Anterior Nares |
Peter Nilsson, Torvald Ripa |
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY, September 2006,
p. 3334–3339 |

469 |
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Colonization and Its Association With Infection
Among Infants Hospitalized in Neonatal Intensive
Care Units |
Yhu-Chering Huang, Yi-Hong Chou, Lin-Hui Su, Rey-In Lien, Tzou-Yien Lin |
PEDIATRICS Volume 118, "Number 2, August 2006 |

2904 |
Concurrent Analysis of Nose and Groin Swab Specimens by the IDI-MRSA
PCR Assay Is Comparable to Analysis by Individual-Specimen PCR
and Routine Culture Assays for Detection of Colonization
by Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus |
E. Bishop, E. Grabsch, S. Ballard, B. Mayall, Shirley Xie, Rhea Martin, and M. Lindsay Grayson |
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY, August 2006,
p. 2904–2908 |