TABLE II.
Laboratory Methods for MRSA Surveillance
| Product Brand Name* | Method† | Approved Specimen Site | Sensitivity | Specificity | Time to Result (hr) |
| MRSASelect77 | Culture | Nares | 89% | 93% | 24 |
| Spectra MRSA77 | Culture | Nares | 83.6% | 92.1% | 24 |
| BBL CHROMagar MRSA77 | Culture | Nares | 87.7% | 98.6% | 24 |
| BD GeneOhm MRSA ACP78 | PCR | Nares | 92% | 94.6% | 2.83 |
| XpertMRSA79 | PCR | Nares | 94.3% | 93.2% | 1.25 |
| LightCycler80 | PCR | Nares | 95.3% | 96.4% | 1.98 |
*
MRSASelect is manufactured by Bio-Rad; Spectra MRSA, by Thermo Scientific; BBL CHROMagar MRSA, by BD Worldwide; BD GeneOhm MRSA ACP, by BD Worldwide; XpertMRSA, by Cepheid; and LightCycler, by Roche.
†
PCR = polymerase chain reaction.