BD MAX ™ MRSA XT with eXTended Detection Technology for Newly Discovered MRSA Strains INTRODUCING BD MAX ™ MRSA XT A better assay design for better patient safety at lower healthcare costs • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • HAI • Reduce the risk of transmission due to new and emerging strains of MRSA - New MREJ types, not detected by other molecular assays 1 - MRSA strains with the novel mecC gene, account for 3 to 4% of all cases 2 • Avoid cost and patient impact associated with unnecessary isolation and treatment due to mecA dropouts - Up to 18% of all positive MRSA results, reported by other molecular assays, may actually be false positives 3,4,5 - Patients wrongly identified as carriers may acquire MRSA when cohorted with true carriers 4
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2 Petersen et al., Epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carrying the novel mecC gene in Denmark corroborates a zoonotic reservoir with transmission to humans Clin Micro Infect 2013; 19:E16-E22
3 Arbefeville et al. Prevalence and Genetic Relatedness of Methicillin-Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus Isolates Detected by the Xpert MRSA Nasal Assay J. Clin. Microbiol. 2011; 49:2996-2999
4 Blanc et al., High Proportion of Wrongly Identified Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Carriers by Use of a Rapid Commercial PCR Assay Due to Presence of Staphylococcal Cassette Chromosome Element Lacking the mecA Gene J. Clin. Microbiol. 2011; 49:722-724
5 Farley et al., Comparison of the BD GeneOhm Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) PCR Assay to Culture by Use of BBL CHROMagar MRSA for Detection of MRSA in Nasal Surveil-lance Cultures from an At-Risk Community Population J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008; 46:743-746
