MRSA Swab Sampling - Miscellaneous Citations

MRSA Swab Sampling - 2008
	Necessity of Screening of both the Nose and the Throat To Detect Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Colonization in Patients upon Admission to an Intensive Care Unit	Journal of Clinical Microbiology	Journal of Clinical Microbiology Feb. 2008, p. 835
	Activiation of 'Search & Isolate' Strategy for MRSA in the ICU of a Hospital in Rome (IT)	Meledandri M., Comandini E., Ballardini M., Maiorano S., Masala M., Tamburro A., Magrini P., Cerquetani F.	3rd National Congress SIMPIOS (3° Congresso Nazionale, SIMPIOS 7-9 April 2008, PALAZZO DEI CONGRESSI, GRADO, ITALY)
	Reductions in Workload and Reporting by Use of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Screening with MRSASelect Medium Compared to Mannitol-Salk Medium Supplemented with Oxacillin	Philippe R. S. Lagacé-Wiens, Michelle J. Alfa, Kanchana Manickam, and Godfrey K. M. Harding	Journal of Clinical Microbiology April 2008, p. 1174-1177
	Reduction in Workload and Reporting Time of MRSA Screening with MRSASelect™ Medium versus Mannitol-Salt Medium Supplemented with Oxacillin	Philippe R.S. Lagacé-Wiens, Michelle J. Alfa, Kanchana Manickam, Godfrey K.M Harding	American Society for Microbiology 30 January 2008
	In vitro activity profile of ceftobiprole, an anti-MRSA cephalosporin, against recent Gram-positive and Gram-negative isolates of European origin	Chris M. Pillar, Mohana K. Aranza, Dineshchandra Shah and Daniel F. Sahm	Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy January 23, 2008 doi:10.1093/jac/dkm492
MRSA Swab Sampling - 2007
	Prevalence of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Nasal Colonization among Taiwanese Children in 2005 and 2006	Yhu-Chering Huang, Kao-Pin Hwang, Po-Yen Chen, Chih-Jung Chen, and Tzou-Yien Lin	JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY, December 2007, p. 3992–3995
	Evaluation of the ESwab for MRSA Screening with Real-Time PCR, BD GeneOhm and Culture	Arnalda Giambra*, Santina Castriciano Copan, Brescia, Italy	5th European Meeting on Molecular Diagnostics. Scheveningen, The Hague, Netherlands 18th & 19th October 2007
	Performance of the BD GeneOhm Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Test before and during High-Volume Clinical Use	Suzanne M. Paule, Donna M. Hacek, Bridget Kufner, Karine Truchon, Richard B. Thomson, Jr., Karen L. Kaul, Ari Robicsek, and Lance R. Peterson	JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY, September 2007, p. 2993–2998
	Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus(MRSA) Detection: Comparison of Two Molecular Methods (IDI-MRSA PCR Assay and GenoType MRSA Direct PCR Assay) with Three Selective MRSA Agars (MRSA ID, MRSASelect, and CHROMagar MRSA) for Use with Infection-Control Swabs	S. J. van Hal, D. Stark, B. Lockwood, D. Marriott, and J. Harkness	JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY, August 2007, p. 2486–2490
	Use of CultureSwab Plus Swabs with Amies Gel Agar for Testing of Naris Specimens with the GeneOhm MRSA Assay	P. P. Bourbeau, J. A. Riley, B. C. Shoemaker, and K. S. Jones	JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY, July 2007, p. 2281–2283
	Comparison of Two Versions of the IDI-MRSA Assay Using Charcoal Swabs for Prospective Nasal and Nonnasal Surveillance Samples	Sean X. Zhang, Steven J. Drews, Joanne Tomassi, and Kevin C. Katz	JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY, July 2007, p. 2278-2280
	Performance of the BD GeneOhm™ MRSA Test Before and During High-Volume Clinical Use	Suzanne M. Paule, Donna M. Hacek, Bridget Kufner, Karine Truchon, Richard B. Thomson Jr, Karen L. Kaul, Ari Robicsek, and Lance R. Peterson	JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY, July 11, 2007
C-368	Complete Mrsa Nasal Screening Using A Single, New And Novel Swab Transport System	Suzane Silbert, Andrea dos Santos Pereira, Fernanda Marques da Silva, Fernanda Matsiko Inoue, Paulo José Martins Bispo, Luis Carlos Lamblet, Ana Cristina Gales, Antonio Carlos Campos Pignatari	ASM 2007 American Society for Microbiology Toronto, Canada - May 21-25, 2007
MRSA Swab Sampling - 2006
	Optimal Surveillance Culture Sites for Detection of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Newborns	Alana Rosenthal, Diane White, Sheila Churilla, Sandra Brodie, Kevin C. Katz	JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY, November 2006, p. 4234-4236
	Surveillance Culture Sites in Newborns to Optimize Detection of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus	Alana Rosenthal, Diane White, Sheila Churilla, Sandra Brodie, Kevin C. Katz	JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY, September 6, 2006
3334	Staphylococcus aureus Throat Colonization Is More Frequent than Colonization in the Anterior Nares	Peter Nilsson, Torvald Ripa	JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY, September 2006, p. 3334–3339
469	Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Colonization and Its Association With Infection Among Infants Hospitalized in Neonatal Intensive Care Units	Yhu-Chering Huang, Yi-Hong Chou, Lin-Hui Su, Rey-In Lien, Tzou-Yien Lin	PEDIATRICS Volume 118, "Number 2, August 2006
2904	Concurrent Analysis of Nose and Groin Swab Specimens by the IDI-MRSA PCR Assay Is Comparable to Analysis by Individual-Specimen PCR and Routine Culture Assays for Detection of Colonization by Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus	E. Bishop, E. Grabsch, S. Ballard, B. Mayall, Shirley Xie, Rhea Martin, and M. Lindsay Grayson	JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY, August 2006, p. 2904–2908