Xpert® MRSA/SA Blood Culture

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Accurate Detection of MRSA and SA in Positive Blood Culture Specimens in About an Hour

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GXMRSA/SABC-CE-10

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The Need

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 can reduce bloodstream infection mortality²

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;.

The Solution

The Xpert MRSA/SA Blood Culture test is a qualitative in vitro diagnostic test designed for rapid and simultaneous detection of S. aureus and methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) directly from gram-positive blood cultures.
The Xpert MRSA/SA Blood Culture test delivers:

Efficient laboratories with on-demand workflows that require minimal hands-on time
Optimized therapy to support improved patient outcomes and reduced empirical prescribing

The Impact

Reduced result reporting turnaround time median of 24 hours, enabling earlier patient management review²
Optimized antimicrobial therapy 1.7 days sooner³
Reduced length-of-stay mean to 6.2 days³

2 Parcel B, et al. Rapid molecular testing for Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia improves clinical management. J Med Microbiol. 2020 Mar;.
3 Goff D, et al. An antimicrobial stewardship program’s impact with rapid polymerase chain reaction methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus/S. aureu sblood culture test in
patients with S. aureus bacteremia. Clin Infect Dis. 2010