Samples | LAMP | PCR |
|---|
MRSA | Â | Â |
Bloodstream | 100% (36/36) | 94.4% (34/36) |
Respiratory tract | 98.6% (145147) | 91.8% (135/147) |
Skin and soft tissue | 98.0% (238/243) | 92.6% (225/243) |
Urinary tract | 98.6% (73/74) | 91.9% (68/74) |
Other | 98.5% (65/66) | 86.4% (57/66) |
Subtotal | 98.4% (557/566) | 91.7% (519/566) |
MSSA | 0% (0/25) | 0% (0/25) |
MRCNS | 0% (0/53) | 0.0% (2/53) |
MSCNS | 0% (0/23) | 0.0% (1/23) |
Subtotal | 0% (0/101) | 0.0% (3/101) |
- Samples, Blood culture specimens included blood inoculated into aerobic and/or anaerobic blood culture medium. Tracheal secretion specimens included secretions from the trachea and bronchia and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid specimens. Wound specimens included surgical wound specimens but also specimens from ulcers, fistulae, abscesses, drainage fluids, catheters sites, percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy insertion sites, and tracheostomas. Urine contained native urine from urinary catheters or bladder puncture and inoculated culture systems. Other specimens consisted of skin swabs specimens (from the nares, axilla, groin, or perianal area), as well as swab specimens of the throat, tonsils, eye, ear, and vagina; body liquids; puncture exudates.
