Rapid screening of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus using PCR and chromogenic agar: a prospective study to evaluate costs and effects  M.W.M. Wassenberg, J.A.J.W. Kluytmans, A.T.A. Box, R.W. Bosboom, A.G.M. Buiting, E.P.M. van Elzakker, W.J.G. Melchers, M.M.L. van Rijen, S.F.T. Thijsen, A. Troelstra, C.M.J.E. Vandenbroucke-Grauls, C.E. Visser, A. Voss, P.F.G. Wolffs, M.W.H. Wulf, A.A. van Zwet, G.A. de Wit, M.J.M. Bonten  Clinical Microbiology and Infection  Volume 16, Issue 12, Pages 1754-1761 (December 2010) DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2010.03210.x Copyright © 2010 European Society of Clinical Infectious Diseases Terms and Conditions

FIG. 1 (a) Flowchart of patients included in the IDI study. aContact screening patients were only assessed when the contact screening was of limited size as the number of available slots on the SmartCycler is 14 (maximum of four patients). bPCR of the nose swab was unresolved. (b) Flowchart of patients included in the GeneXpert study. aPCR of the nose swab was unresolved (n = 12) or the nose swab was negative and all other sites were nonconclusive (n = 2). (c) Flowchart of patients included in the chromogenic study. aNo chromogenic media of the nose specimen. Clinical Microbiology and Infection 2010 16, 1754-1761DOI: (10.1111/j.1469-0691.2010.03210.x) Copyright © 2010 European Society of Clinical Infectious Diseases Terms and Conditions