A cost-saving algorithm for rapid diagnosis of Staphylococcus aureus and susceptibility to oxacillin directly from positive blood culture bottles by combined testing with BinaxNOW® S. aureus and Xpert MRSA/SA assay - Yossepowitch, Orit; Dan, Michael; Kutchinsky, Anuta; Gottesman, Tamar; Schwartz–Harari, Orna (Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease, 2014)
Keywords: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Algorithms; Bacteremia - diagnosis; Bacteremia - microbiology; BinaxNOW S. aureus Assay; Blood - microbiology; Blood cultures; Cost Savings; Female; Humans; Infectious Disease; Internal Medicine; Male; Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus - isolation & purification; Microbial Sensitivity Tests - economics; Microbial Sensitivity Tests - methods; Middle Aged; Molecular Diagnostic Techniques - methods; Sensitivity and Specificity; Staphylococcal Infections - diagnosis; Staphylococcal Infections - microbiology; Staphylococcus aureus; X pert MRSA/SA BC Assay; Young Adult; BinaxNOW S. aureus Assay; Staphylococcus aureus; Blood cultures; X pert MRSA/SA BC Assay