[HTML][HTML] Costs and benefits of rapid screening of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carriage in intensive care units: a prospective multicenter study

M Wassenberg, J Kluytmans, S Erdkamp, R Bosboom… - Critical Care, 2012 - Springer
Introduction Pre-emptive isolation of suspected methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
(MRSA) carriers is a cornerstone of successful MRSA control policies. Implementation of …

[PDF][PDF] Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA): identification and susceptibility testing techniques

W Reygaert - Clinical Laboratory Science, 2009 - clsjournal.ascls.org
Many traditional techniques are useful for identification of MRSA strains, including
techniques for detection of penicillin-resistance, such as the nitrocefin disk. Techniques for …

GeneXpert testing: applications for clinical microbiology, Part II

EM Marlowe, DM Wolk - Clinical Microbiology Newsletter, 2008 - Elsevier
The impact of rapid polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technology on infectious-disease
testing is continuing to evolve outside the realm of a centralized laboratory. The GeneXpert …

Peptide-Based Probes and Biosensor Technology in Medical Microbiological Diagnosis and Research

GM Hwang, TM Korves, PF Renda… - The Role of New …, 2012 - books.google.com
Biosensors utilizing peptide and protein probes offer the potential to provide rapid, highly
sensitive, specific, and economical infectious disease diagnostics. In this respect, the …

[PDF][PDF] Costs and benefits of rapid screening of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) carriage in intensive care units: a prospective multicenter study.

M Wassenberg, J Kluytmans, S Erdkamp, R Bosboom… - 2012 - repository.ubn.ru.nl
Introduction: Pre-emptive isolation of suspected methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
(MRSA) carriers is a cornerstone of successful MRSA control policies. Implementation of …

[PDF][PDF] A Multicenter Evaluation of the Cepheid Xpert™ MRSA Test as a Rapid Screening Method for 1 Detection of Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus …

S Finegold, DF Welch, M de Boer, D Fuller… - 2009 - researchgate.net
The first United States multicenter clinical trial to assess the performance of the Cepheid 23
Xpert™ MRSA Assay (Xpert MRSA) was conducted. The assay is a qualitative test designed …