Xpert MRSA/SA SSTI ® Xpert MRSA/SA SSTI ® Detect MRSA & SA Skin and Soft Tissue Infections In Less Than One Hour

“MRSA is the most common identifiable cause of skin and soft-tissue infection among patients presenting to emergency departments. When antimicrobial therapy is indicated for the treatment of skin and softtissue infections, clinicians should consider obtaining cultures and modifying empirical therapy to provide MRSA coverage.” Moran, et al. New England Journal of Medicine, August 2006 SSTIs are a major health concern: The only rapid and comprehensive SSTI test available: • he most common cause of skin and soft tissue T infections is Staph aureus; MRSA represents over 50% of these infections in...

Performance Performance characteristics of Xpert® MRSA/SA SSTI were determined in a multi-site prospective investigation study at three institutions by comparing the Xpert MRSA/SA SSTI test on the GeneXpert® System to enriched culture, the most sensitive culture method. SUMMARY OF RESULTS Positive Percent Agreement Negative Percent Agreement MRSA/SA Performance in Subjects with No Antibiotic Use (within 3 weeks of sample collection) vs. Reference Culture Culture MRSA+ Neg/No Growth MRSA+ Xpert 1 of the 137 were mixed infections of MRSA and SA. 2 of the 3 were mixed infections of MRSA and SA....

Xpert® MRSA/SA SSTI • apid results to improve patient management R • ully integrated reagent and instrument system for accuracy and reproducibility F • Random access for flexibility and workflow optimization • Fully automated process reduces handling time to just minutes Total hands-on time: 2 Minutes Insert swab into Sample Reagent vial and break Vortex and dispense Sample into Port S Insert Cartridge and start assay ORDERING INFORMATION Xpert® MRSA/SA SSTI (10 cartridges with reagents) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Catalog No. GXMRSA/SA-SSTI-10...