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Xpert® MRSA/SA Blood Culture

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MRSA and S. aureus detection from gram-positive blood culture samples in 62 minutes

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  • Bloodstream infections cause an estimated 250,000 deaths annually in North America and Europe combined1
  • S. aureus and MRSA continue to be leading causes of bloodstream infections and are associated with increased length of stay and hospital costs2
  • Current culture-based lab testing methods for gram-positive blood culture bottles require an additional 24–72 hours for determination of S. aureus or MRSA
  • Early antimicrobial treatment for patient management2
1 Goto M, Al-Hasan MN. Overall burden of bloodstream infection and nosocomial bloodstream infection in North America and Europe. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2013;19:501–9.
Diekema DJ, Hsueh PR, Mendes RE, Pfaller MA,
2 Parcel B, et al. Rapid molecular testing for Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia improves clinical management. J Med Microbiol. 2020 Mar;.

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