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Evaluation of the impact of direct plating, broth enrichment, and specimen source on recovery and diversity of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates among HIV-infected outpatients.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Dec 2011
McAllister S K, Albrecht V S, Fosheim G E, Lowery H K, Peters P J, Gorwitz R, Guest J L, Hageman J, Mindley R, McDougal L K, Rimland D, Limbago B
Abstract excerpt
We compared recovery of Staphylococcus aureus and methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) from nasal and groin swab specimens of 600 HIV-infected outpatients by selective and nonselective direct plating and broth enrichment. Swabs were collected at baseline, 6-month, and 12-month visits and cultured by direct plating to mannitol salt agar (MSA) and CHROMagar MRSA (CM) and overnight broth enrichment with subculture...
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