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ArticleJournal of clinical microbiology2010

Performance of a new chromogenic medium, BBL CHROMagar MRSA II (BD), for detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in screening samples.

Kristien Van Vaerenbergh, Reinoud Cartuyvels, Guy Coppens, Johan Frans, Anne-Marie Van den Abeele, Hans De Beenhouwer, BILULU Group

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In one paragraph

Article in Journal of clinical microbiology, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
11citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Transmission rates, screening methods and costs of MRSA--a systematic literature review related to the prevalence in Germany.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2012
    Pooled it
  2. Advances in methods for rapid detection of Staphylococcus aureus and methicillin-resistant S. aureus.Analytical sciences : the international journal of the Japan Society for Analytical Chemistry · 2025
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  4. Genetic and phenotypic study of methicillin-resistantIranian journal of microbiology · 2017
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  5. Chromogenic media for MRSA diagnostics.Molecular biology reports · 2016
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  11. Performance evaluation of a modified chromogenic medium, ChromID MRSA New, for the detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from clinical specimens.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2011
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Kristien Van VaerenberghDepartment of Microbiology, Onze-Lieve-Vrouwziekenhuis, Moorselbaan 164, 9300 Aalst, Belgium. kristien.van.vaerenbergh@olvz-aalst.be
Reinoud Cartuyvels
Guy Coppens
Johan Frans
Anne-Marie Van den Abeele
Hans De Beenhouwer
BILULU Group
Onze Lieve Vrouwziekenhuis Hospital · BEAZ Sint-Lucas · BEImelda Hospital · BEZiekenhuis Oost-Limburg · BE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Two chromogenic media for the detection of MRSA were compared: BBL CHROMagar MRSA II (BD) and MRSA ID agar (bioMérieux). Following overnight nonselective enrichment, 1,919 screening samples were inoculated on both chromogenic agars. After 24 h, the sensitivities of both media were high and comparable. Both media showed an important decrease in specificity after 48 h of incubation (decreases of 8% for MRSA II and 10% for MRSA ID), but MRSA II was significantly more specific at both time points.

Indexed as

Bacteriological TechniquesChromogenic CompoundsCulture MediaHumansMass ScreeningMethicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureusSensitivity and SpecificityStaphylococcal InfectionsChromogenic CompoundsCulture Media

Identifiers

PMID20181915
PMCPMC2849578
OpenAlexW2167890330

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