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FDA approves test to distinguish between MRSA and MSSA

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the first test that can quickly distinguish between methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and methicillin susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA). Read more at http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/ucm254512.htm.

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