Results from a study showed that an automated DNA multiplex assay was 99 percent accurate in identifying MRSA, according to a news release.
For this study, researchers from Great Basin Corporation in Salt Lake City, Denver Health Hospital and the Children's Memorial Hospital in Chicago assessed the sensitivity and specificity of the Staph ID/R test and determined Staph ID/R has excellent specificity with no non-specific cross-reactivity observed.
"A significant advantage of the Staph ID/R test is that it can provide species information that may significantly speed up the diagnosis process, ensuring patients get the right treatment sooner," said the lead author of the study. "Also, nearly one-third of all positive blood cultures are from contamination and this test can identify these cases to remove patients from costly and unnecessary therapeutic interventions."
Great Basin Corporation intends to begin clinical trials for the Staph ID/R assay this year.
For this study, researchers from Great Basin Corporation in Salt Lake City, Denver Health Hospital and the Children's Memorial Hospital in Chicago assessed the sensitivity and specificity of the Staph ID/R test and determined Staph ID/R has excellent specificity with no non-specific cross-reactivity observed.
"A significant advantage of the Staph ID/R test is that it can provide species information that may significantly speed up the diagnosis process, ensuring patients get the right treatment sooner," said the lead author of the study. "Also, nearly one-third of all positive blood cultures are from contamination and this test can identify these cases to remove patients from costly and unnecessary therapeutic interventions."
Great Basin Corporation intends to begin clinical trials for the Staph ID/R assay this year.
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