Enhance Your MRSA Surveillance!*

BD BBL™ CHROMagar™ MRSA II / CHROMagar™ SA biplate

“... even otherwise healthy individuals can develop very serious MRSA infections, such as cellulitis, deep-seated abscesses, necrotizing fasciitis, septic arthritis, necrotizing pneumonia, and sepsis.” 1

Now Available!BD BBL CHROMagar MRSA II / BBL CHROMagar Staph Aureus biplate For the qualitative direct detection of nasal colonization by methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) and selective medium for the isolation, enumeration and identification of S. aureus.

Inoculation of both sides of the plate will provide the ability to interpret methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) or methicillin-sensitive S. aureus (MSSA).2

Rapid Accurate ResultsClinical Efficiency

*Compared to conventional media.

BD BBL™ CHROMagar™ MRSA II / BBL™ CHROMagar™ Staph Aureus biplate

SIDE 2 BD BBL CHROMagar MRSA II• Direct detection and identifiation of MRSA

• No confirmatory testing required2

MAUVE COLONY GROWTH INTERPRETATION2

SIDE 2BD BBL

CHROMagar MRSA II

SIDE 1BD BBL

CHROMagar Staph Aureus Interpretation

Growth, mauve colonies

Growth, mauve colonies

MRSA

no growth Growth, mauve colonies

Methicillin Sensitive S. aureus

1 www.nicic.gov/mrsa, download 17 Mar 20162 Package Insert

SIDE 1 BD BBL CHROMagar SA• Isolates and identifies S. aureus from clinical sources

without confirmatory testing2

• Increased recovery when compared to conventional media2

Cat. No Description Packaging

215359 BD BBL™ CHROMagar™ MRSA II / CHROMagar™ SA biplate

20/pk

Also available:

214982 BD BBL™ CHROMagar™ Staph Aureus 20/pk

215228 BD BBL™ CHROMagar™ MRSA II 20/pk

215229 BD BBL™ CHROMagar™ MRSA II 100/pk

SIDE 2

SIDE 1

MRSA− SA +

MRSA + SA +

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