TABLE 2.

MRSA recovery from traditional culture and CMRSAII

Specimen category	Read time (h)	% MRSA recovery (no. positive by indicated test/total no. positive)
		Traditional culture	CMRSAII
Respiratory	24	79.8 (182/228)	85.5 (195/228)
	48	76.8 (182/237)	92.4 (219/237)
Stool samples	24	86.9 (93/107)	87.9 (94/107)
	48	77.5 (93/120)	98.3 (118/120)
Skin	24	68.6 (118/172)	88.4 (152/172)
	48	66.3 (118/178)	96.1 (171/178)
Wound	24	90.6 (115/127)	92.1 (117/127)
	48	88.5 (115/130)	94.6 (123/130)
Blood	24	100 (113/113)	100 (113/113)
	48	100 (113/113)	100 (113/113)
Total	24	83.1 (621/747)	89.8 (671/747)
	48	79.8 (621/778)	95.6 (744/778)