Patent ID: 9512462
Filing Date: 2016-12-06
CPC Classification: C12Q,G01N

Claim Text:
1. A method for detecting the presence or absence of a vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (VRSA) in a test sample, the method comprising the steps of: providing a test medium having at least one hydrolysable substrate, which substrate is operable to promote the growth of the VRSA and to produce a detectable signal when the hydrolyzable substrate is metabolized by the VRSA and which test medium further includes one or more coagulase substrates operable to react with coagulase produced by the VRSA to produce a clot; forming a mixture of the test sample and hydrated test medium; incubating the mixture at temperatures in the range of about 20° C. to about 42° C.; and detecting the presence or absence of the VRSA in the test sample by the presence or absence of the detectable signal and the presence or absence of the clot in the mixture.