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Screening media for detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from non-sterile body sites

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Four hundred and forty clinical isolates were tested on Baird-Parker and Vogel-Johnson agars with 6 μg/ml of oxacillin, to determine their growth characteristics on these potential screening media for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). While both media perfomed well individually, a combination biplate with each medium may be the most useful in screening patients for MRSA from normally non-sterile sites.

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  1. Laboratory Service, Veterans Administration Medical Center (113), University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, 73104, Oklahoma City, OK, USA

    D. J. Flournoy

  2. Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, College of Public Health, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, 73104, Oklahoma City, OK, USA

    S. Wongpradit & S. L. Silberg

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Flournoy, D.J., Wongpradit, S. & Silberg, S.L. Screening media for detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from non-sterile body sites. Med Microbiol Immunol 179, 25–30 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00190147

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