Comparison of Culture-Based Methods for Identification of Colonization with Methicillin-Resistant and Methicillin-Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus in the Context of Cocolonization

Two screening methods to detect staphylococcal colonization in humans were compared. Direct plating to CHROMagar (BD Diagnostics) was compared to a broth preenrichment followed by plating to Baird-Parkeragar. The broth-enrichment method was comparable to CHROMagar for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureas (MRSA) detection, but the enrichment method was optimum for recovery of coagulase-positive Staphylococcus spp.

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April 27, 2016

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Journal of Clinical Microbiology

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Meghan F.Davis
Baofeng Hu
Karen C.Carroll
Warren B.Bilker
Pam Tolomeo
Valerie C. Cluzet
Patrick Baron
Jacqueline M. Ferguson
Daniel O.Morris
Shelley C.Rankin
Ebbing Lautenbach
Irving Nachamkin

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