Alternative Use for Spectra MRSA Chromogenic Agar in Detection of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus from Positive Blood Cultures

作者：Peterson Jess F; Dionisio Alexander A; Riebe Katherine M; Hall Gerri S; Wilson Deborah A; Whittier Susan; DiPersio Joseph R; Ledeboer Nathan A^*

来源：Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 2010, 48(6): 2265-2267.

DOI：10.1128/JCM.00674-10

Spectra MRSA agar (Remel, Lenexa, KS), a novel chromogenic medium originally developed to detect methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) from nasal swabs, was evaluated in this multicenter study for the detection of MRSA from positive blood cultures exhibiting Gram-positive cocci upon initial Gram staining.

• 出版日期2010-6