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. 2017 Aug 23;55(9):2865–2867. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00641-17

TABLE 3.

Discrepant result analysis

Sample Result(s) froma:
Standard culture BD Max StaphSR
CHROMagar S. aureus/MRSA mecA/femA PCR Xpert SSR S. aureus/MRSA
S. aureus MRSA
1 +/FP −/TN −/− −/− −/−
2 +/FP −/TN −/− −/− −/−
3 +/FP −/TN −/− −/− −/−
4 MRSA (+) +/TP −/FN −/− +/+ +/+
5 +/TP −/TN −/− +/− +/−
6 +/TP +/TP −/− +/+ +/+
7 +/FP −/TN −/− −/− −/−
8 +/TP −/TN −/− −/+ +/−
9 +/FP −/TN −/− −/− −/−
a

FP, false positive; FN, false negative; TP, true positive; TN, true negative.