Survival of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus spp. for an extended period of transport

Gwen L. Robinson; Anthony D. Harris; Daniel J. Morgan; Lisa Pineles; Beverly M. Belton; J. Kristie Johnson; Carol Sulis; Connie Price; Dan Kett; Dave Warren; David Calfee; Deborah Yokoe; Deverick Anderson; Jason Bowling; Jesse Jacob; Joseph Gadbaw; Lisa Maragakis; Loreen Herwaldt; Marci Drees; Marcus Zervos; Matthew Lissauer; Nasia Safdar; Robin Carver; Stephanie Levine; Syed Shahyrar

doi:10.1128/JCM.00911-12

Survival of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus spp. for an extended period of transport

Gwen L. Robinson
, Anthony D. Harris
, Daniel J. Morgan
, Lisa Pineles
, Beverly M. Belton
, J. Kristie Johnson
, Carol Sulis
, Connie Price
, Dan Kett
, Dave Warren
, David Calfee
, Deborah Yokoe
, Deverick Anderson
, Jason Bowling
, Jesse Jacob
, Joseph Gadbaw
, Lisa Maragakis
, Loreen Herwaldt
, Marci Drees
, Marcus Zervos

Matthew Lissauer, Nasia Safdar, Robin Carver, Stephanie Levine, Syed Shahyrar

Department of Medicine

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Abstract

This study determined the survivability of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) for extended periods of time and temperatures using a standard swab for assessment. Our study showed that transportation in Liquid Amies medium could be performed at room temperature or 4°C for up to 14 days without a decrease in recovery of MRSA or VRE.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	2466-2468
Number of pages	3
Journal	Journal of clinical microbiology
Volume	50
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.00911-12
State	Published - Jul 2012

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Robinson, G. L., Harris, A. D., Morgan, D. J., Pineles, L., Belton, B. M., Johnson, J. K., Sulis, C., Price, C., Kett, D., Warren, D., Calfee, D., Yokoe, D., Anderson, D., Bowling, J., Jacob, J., Gadbaw, J., Maragakis, L., Herwaldt, L., Drees, M., ... Shahyrar, S. (2012). Survival of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus spp. for an extended period of transport. Journal of clinical microbiology, 50(7), 2466-2468. https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.00911-12

Robinson, GL, Harris, AD, Morgan, DJ, Pineles, L, Belton, BM, Johnson, JK, Sulis, C, Price, C, Kett, D, Warren, D, Calfee, D, Yokoe, D, Anderson, D, Bowling, J, Jacob, J, Gadbaw, J, Maragakis, L, Herwaldt, L, Drees, M, Zervos, M, Lissauer, M, Safdar, N, Carver, R, Levine, S & Shahyrar, S 2012, 'Survival of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus spp. for an extended period of transport', Journal of clinical microbiology, vol. 50, no. 7, pp. 2466-2468. https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.00911-12

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