Rapid assay for detection of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus using multiplex PCR

Molecular and Cellular Probes

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 471-475

  Barski, Piotr ^a   Piechowicz, Lidia ^b   Galiński, Janusz ^b   Kur, Józef ^a  

^a GDANSK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

Author keywords

B lactam antibiotics; MecA gene; MRSA (methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus); Nuc gene; PBP (penicillin binding protein); Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

METICILLIN; NUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0030480843     PISSN: 08908508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mcpr.1996.0066     Document Type: Article

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