Zhang Sean X, Drews Steven J, Tomassi Joanne, Katz Kevin C
Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Canada.
J Clin Microbiol. 2007 Jul;45(7):2278-80. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00469-07. Epub 2007 May 23.
An updated IDI-MRSA assay version was released to address the assay's low positive predictive value (PPV). A prospective analysis of two assay versions indicated no significant improvement in the PPV. Colonization by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in 24% of patients would not have been detected if only nasal samples had been tested, as approved, by this molecular method.
发布了更新版的耐甲氧西林金黄色葡萄球菌(IDI-MRSA)检测方法,以解决该检测方法阳性预测值(PPV)较低的问题。对两个版本检测方法的前瞻性分析表明,PPV没有显著改善。如果仅按照批准的方法对鼻拭子样本进行这种分子检测,24%患者的耐甲氧西林金黄色葡萄球菌定植将无法被检测到。