… In total, 1224 swabs from six laboratories were analysed: 798 swabs from screening samples;
196 samples from wounds, devices etc.; and 230 samples with unknown specimen type. In …

… The intervals from admission to specimen sampling for screening, from admission to
notification of MRSA-positive results, from admission to isolation, and from specimen sampling to …

… ) kits for the detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in enrichment broth
using 200 sets of patient screening swab samples. One hundred sets were processed using a …

… Despite the fact that culture-based MRSA screening swabs have proven to be cheap, sensitive
and practicable, the delay between sample acquisition and reporting of results remains a …

… The cutoff for a positive sample was established at a threshold cycle (C T ) of 36. … a
sample-processing control (SPC), which serves both to monitor for appropriate sample processing …

… for screening of Staphylococcus aureus subclinical … milk samples were CMT tested, of these
914-originated from cows with a lactation period of 14–305 days. All samples were screened …

… -skilled personnel in the field for screening purposes without sample processing. While the
assay was tested against bacterial strains recovered from clinical samples, none of the ACS …

… Nevertheless, we still recommend that positive IDI-MRSA results be confirmed by culture
of the screening samples. In our setting, we prefer to isolate IDI-MRSA-positive patients until …

… ORSAB (Oxoid Ltd.) is a medium for screening for MRSA directly from routine swab samples.
It uses aniline blue to detect mannitol fermentation, resulting in intense blue colonies of …

… results may arise from sampling errors increased the number of cultures positive for S. …
From each patient within this category Staphylococcus aureus constitutes five cultures of both …