一種新型甲氧苯青霉素耐藥性金黃色葡萄球菌的微生物檢測方法只需要5個小時就可以提供檢測結果。

快速檢測就意味著能夠快速隔離這種細菌的攜帶者，從而防止感染的傳播。快速診斷同時提高了治療效果。這種快速甲氧苯青霉素耐藥性金黃色葡萄球菌檢測方法叫做BacLite，被設計用于幫助英國政府達到這個目標：即2008年將這種甲氧苯青霉素耐藥性金黃色葡萄球菌的水平減少50％。

這種檢測方法由Acolyte生物醫學公司研制，是根據國防科學技術實驗室開發的新型快速檢測技術開發的，這個實驗室是英國國防部的一個機構。BacLite甲氧苯青霉素耐藥性金黃色葡萄球菌檢測是一種以設備為基礎的、用于快速而經濟的篩查發病率最高的院內獲得性感染的系統。在英國這項檢測系統由Bio-Stat公司經銷的。

Rapid New Test for MRSA
 
A new microbiology test for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) provides results in only five hours.

A fast test means that carriers of the bacterium can be isolated quickly, thereby preventing the spread of infection. Rapid diagnosis also improves the efficacy of treatment. Called BacLite, this rapid MRSA test is designed to help the UK government reach its stated target of a 50% reduction in MRSA levels by 2008.

The test was developed by Acolyte Biomedica (Porton Down, UK) and is based on new rapid technologoy developed by the Defense Science and Technology Laboratories, an agency of the UK Ministry of Defense. BacLite MRSA is an instrument-based system for rapid and cost-effective screening of the most prevalent hospital-acquired infection. The test is to be distributed in the United Kingdom by Bio-Stat Ltd. (Stockport, UK).