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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

The Need

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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 management.2
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

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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 with fast informed treatment decisions to help reduce empirical prescribing

The Impact

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  • Reduced result reporting turnaround time median of 24 hours, enabling earlier patient management review2
  • Enable earlier treatment with faster time to results3
  • Help reduce length of stay3
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

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