CHROMagar MRSA was evaluated for its ability to identify methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). A well-defined collection consisting of 216 MRSA strains and 241 methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus isolates was used. The sensitivity of CHROMagar MRSA after 24 h of incubation was 95.4%, increasing to 100% after 48 h. The specificity was already 100% after 24 h. Copyright

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Journal of Clinical Microbiology
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Diederen, B., van Duijn, I., van Belkum, A., Willemse, P., van Keulen, P., & Kluytmans, J. (2005). Performance of CHROMagar MRSA medium for detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 43(4), 1925–1927. doi:10.1128/JCM.43.4.1925-1927.2005