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Clearview™ PBP2a SA Culture Colony Test

The Clearview™ PBP2a SA Culture Colony Test can provide results up to 24 hours sooner than traditional methods in isolates of S. aureus.

  • Invasive, serious MRSA infections occur in nearly 94,360 persons each year and are associated with approximately 18,650 deaths.1
  • Of these infections, about 86% are healthcare-associated and 14% are community-associated.1
Clearview PBP2a
Benefits
  • Room temperature storage
  • Enhanced sample preparation procedure
  • Results in 5 minutes
  • Sample from culture (identified as Staphylococcus aureus)
  • Built-in procedural controls on every test strip
Helpful Documents

Clearview™ PBP2a SA Culture Colony Test Performance Compared to Cefotoxin (30µg) Disk Diffusion in S. aureus Isolates: Results by Plate Type

Plate Type Sensitivity/Specificity
Tryptic Soy Agar with 5% sheep blood 99.1%/99.2%
Columbia Agar with 5% sheep blood 98.6%/99.2%
Mueller Hinton with 30µg cefoxitin induction 99.1%/99.6% 
Clearview™ PBP2a SA Culture Colony Test
 Code
Global 893-000
  1. Klevens et al. Journal of the American Medical Association 2007;298(15):1763-1771.

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