Table 2.

Results of PCR Lateral Flow and Bacteriological Testing

	N	MRSA	MSSA	Comments Staphylococcus sp.	No S. aureus
		24	12	22	16
PCR lateral flow results	MRSA (SSCmec type II)	91.7% (22)	8.3% (1)	27.3% (6)	6.3% (1)
		(83.3% (20))	(8.3% (1))	(22.7% (5))	(6.3% (1))
	MSSA	0% (0)	91.7% (11)	45.5% (10)	6.3% (1)
	Others	0% (0)	0% (0)	18.2% (4)	Qiagen	Biocosm
					31.3% (5)	18.8% (3)
	Negative	8.3% (2)	0% (0)	9.1% (2)	Qiagen	Biocosm
					56.3% (9)	68.8% (11)

The test was repeated three times each sample; the results were always the same