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Evaluation of four selective agars and two enrichment broths in screening for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY (2008)

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JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Volume 46, Issue 9, Pages 3136-3138

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AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY

DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00478-08

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To evaluate methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus detection, we tested in vitro four selective agars and two enrichment broths apart and in combination. Tryptone soya broth with salt, aztreonam, and cefoxitin appeared to be the most sensitive medium. This broth was superior to a phenol red mannitol broth with aztreonam and ceftizoxime.

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