… components of the screening medium to ensure that the type and concentration … of S. …
screening medium (OMSAM) and the screening medium previously used in our laboratory …

… Thus, new screening media for the improved detection of MRSA have recently been … of one
of these novel media, the Oxacillin Resistant Screening Agar (ORSA) medium (Oxoid Limited, …

… screening media for the enhanced recovery of methicillin-resistant organisms and for the
differentiation of S… for the isolation of MRSA from clinical and prevalence screening specimens, …

… selective agar media. Numerous reports in the literature have described screening media for
… Phenotypic methods based on oxacillin-containing medium are not satisfactory in terms of …

… However, we have continued to base our screening media on these agents simply because
… agent for prediction of methicillin resistance in S. aureus, and disk susceptibility testing with …

… The American Society for Microbiology recommends as primary screening media salt-containing
trypticase soy broth (TSB) in conjunction with a blood agar plate and mannitol-salt agar (…

… with oxacillin for use as a primary screening medium for the simultaneous detection and
identification of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in clinical surveillance specimens. …

… see such occasional growth of S. aureus strains regardless of the screening medium used.
… , only 14 organisms grew on the MHA screening media. None were confirmed as GISA by …

… A total of 130 staphylococci were isolated by selective media, Gram-stain, and catalase test.
… The result from this study will improve a choice to use a screening test to diagnose S. aureus …

… Staph aureus (CSA), were evaluated for identification of Staphylococcus aureus and for
screening of methicillin resistance by addition of antimicrobial agents to these media. A well-…