Rapid solid-phase immunoassay for detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus using cycling probe technology

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 2525-2529

  Fong, Whalley K ^a   Modrusan, Zora ^a   McNevin, John P ^a   Marostenmaki, Johanna ^a   Zin, Ben ^b   Bekkaoui, Faouzi ^a,c  

^a ID Biomedical Corp   (United States)

^b Mizuho USA Inc   (United States)

^c SASKATCHEWAN RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTIN; FLUORESCEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PYROXYLIN; STREPTAVIDIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; COLORIMETRY; CROSS REACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; IMMUNOASSAY; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA PROBE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TANDEM REPEAT;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0033926759     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.38.7.2525-2529.2000     Document Type: Article

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