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Staph ID/R: a Rapid Method for Determining Staphylococcus Species Identity and Detecting the mecA Gene Directly from Positive Blood Culture Chris Pasko,a Brian Hicke,a John Dunn,a Heidi Jaeckel,a Dan Nieuwlandt,a Diane Weed,b Evelyn Woodruff,a Xiaotian Zheng,c and Robert Jenisona Great Basin Scientific, Salt Lake City, Utah, USAa; Denver Health Hospital, Denver, Colorado, USAb; and Children’s Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, USAc
Rapid diagnosis of staphylococcal bacteremia directs appropriate antimicrobial therapy, leading to improved patient outcome. We describe herein a rapid test (
