European Journal of Microbiology and Immunology
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Volume 7: Issue 4
Influence of broth enrichment as well as storage and transport time on the sensitivity of MRSA surveillance in the tropics
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Hagen Frickmann Bundeswehr Hospital Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
University Medicine Rostock, Rostock, Germany

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Andreas Hahn Charité – University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany

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Norbert Georg Schwarz Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

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Ralf Matthias Hagen Bundeswehr Hospital Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Bundeswehr Medical Academy, Munich, Germany

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Denise Dekker Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

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Rebecca Hinz University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

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Volker Micheel Central Institute of the Bundeswehr Medical Service Koblenz, Koblenz, Germany

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Benedikt Hogan Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

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Jürgen May Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

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Raphael Rakotozandrindrainy University of Antananarivo, Antananarivo, Madagascar

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Pages:
274–277
Online Publication Date:
Dec 2017
Publication Date:
01 Dec 2017
Article Category:
Research Article
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1556/1886.2017.00028
Keywords:
MRSA screening; tropics; broth enrichment; storage; transport; pre-analytics
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Direct growth on blood and screening agar for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) at a tropical surveillance site was compared with broth enrichment and subsequent growth on selective MRSA agar after international sample transport.

In Madagascar, 1548 swabs from an MRSA surveillance study were assessed for growth on Columbia blood agar enriched with 5% sheep blood and MRSA screening agar at the surveillance site with subsequent cold storage of the samples and shipment to Germany. In Germany, 1541 shipped samples were analyzed by non-selective broth enrichment with subsequent culture on MRSA selective agar.

A total of 28 MRSA isolates were detected. Of these, 20 strains were isolated from direct culture on blood and MRSA screening agars at the surveillance site, 24 MRSA strains were isolated using the broth enrichment method in Germany, and 16 MRSA strains were identified by both approaches.

In spite of the observed die-off of individual strains due to long-term storage and transport, broth enrichment with subsequent screening on MRSA selective agar after international sample shipment led to comparable sensitivity of MRSA detection like streaking on blood and MRSA agar at the tropical surveillance site.

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European Journal of Microbiology and Immunology
Print ISSN:
2062-509X
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Editor(s)-in-Chief: Dunay, Ildiko Rita, Prof. Dr. Pharm, Dr. rer. nat., University of Magdeburg, Germany

Editor(s)-in-Chief: Heimesaat, Markus M., Prof. Dr. med., Charité - University Medicine Berlin, Germany

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  • Berit Bangoura, Dr. DVM. PhD,  University of Wyoming, USA
  • Stefan Bereswill, Prof. Dr. rer. nat., Charité - University Medicine Berlin, Germany
  • Dunja Bruder, Prof. Dr. rer. nat., University of Magdeburg, Germany
  • Jan Buer, Prof. Dr. med., University of Duisburg, Germany
  • Edit Buzas, Prof. Dr. med., Semmelweis University, Hungary
  • Renato Damatta, Prof. PhD, UENF, Brazil
  • Maria Deli, MD, PhD, DSc, Biological Research Center, HAS, Hungary
  • Olgica Djurković-Djaković, Prof. Phd, University of Belgrade, Serbia
  • Jean-Dennis Docquier, Prof. Dr. med., University of Siena, Italy
  • Zsuzsanna Fabry, Prof. Phd, University of Washington, USA
  • Ralf Ignatius, Prof. Dr. med., Charité - University Medicine Berlin, Germany
  • Achim Kaasch, Prof. Dr. med., Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, Germany
  • Oliver Liesenfeld, Prof. Dr. med., Inflammatix, USA
  • Matyas Sandor, Prof. PhD, University of Wisconsin, USA
  • Ulrich Steinhoff, Prof. PhD, University of Marburg, Germany
  • Michal Toborek, Prof. PhD, University of Miami, USA
  • Susanne A. Wolf, PhD, MDC-Berlin, Germany

 

Dr. Dunay, Ildiko Rita
Magdeburg, Germany
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