Rapid and specific detection of toxigenic Staphylococcus aureus: Use of two multiplex PCR enzyme immunoassays for amplification and hybridization of staphylococcal enterotoxin genes, exfoliative toxin genes, and toxic shock syndrome toxin 1 gene

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 2548-2553

  Becker, Karsten ^a   Roth, Ricarda ^a   Peters, Georg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0031851248     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.9.2548-2553.1998     Document Type: Article

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