… As the number of patients isolated due to either identification or suspicion of antibiotic-…
nasal swabs, but we confirmed that is can also be used for pharyngeal and perineal swabs. …

… (Acolyte Biomedica, UK) for the rapid detection (5 h) and identification of hospital … nasal
swabs, although similar results have been obtained from other body sites with screening swabs (…

… Although molecular assays promise a quicker identification of MRSA … ™ MRSA assay (BD
Diagnostics GeneOhm™) for detection of MRSA from pooled skin, throat, and nasal swabs …

… nasal swabs, each taken three weeks apart. From the 372 students subjected to five nasal
swabs, … medical students participating in their study were nasal carriers of MRSA. Baliga et al., …

… nasal swabs from the hemodialysis patients using sterile dry cotton swabs were either inserted
with the swab … to determine the prevalence of MRSA nasal carriage among patients in the …

… , CA) allows direct detection of MRSA from nasal swabs within 1 h. To avoid detection of
coagulase-negative staphylococci carrying mecA, the Xpert MRSA targets the staphylococcal …

… Swabs were transported in liquid (Copan Elution swab) and semi-solid (Copan Venturi …
collection swab type on the viability of MRSA. Swabs specimens were screened for MRSA using …

… 200 nasal swabs were collected, out of which 140 were from the nursing staff and 60 were
from clinical staff. Sterile cotton swabs … Identification of the carrier and treating the carrier with …

… mecA + CoNS in nasal swabs will affect other MRSA molecular … 372 nasal swab samples
acquired from a high-risk patient population to estimate clinical performance metrics. MRSA …

… The antibiotic susceptibility of these isolates was studied and the efficacy of a simple, in-house
PCR to detect MRSA, directly from nasal swabs and after enrichment, was evaluated. …