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. 2004 Oct;42(10):4519–4523. doi: 10.1128/JCM.42.10.4519-4523.2004

TABLE 4.

Numbers of MRSA isolates detected on one medium only and numbers of patients determined to be positive by one medium only

Medium No. of MRSA strains (no. after 48 h) No. of positive patients (no. after 48 h) No. of positive patients who were undetected (no. after 48 h)
MRSA ID 7 (5) 3 (1) 5 (2)
CHROMagar MRSA 0 (1) 0 12 (7)
ORSAB 1 (1) 1 (0) 8 (4)
SMB 4 (3) 2 12