Rapid identification of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and simultaneous species confirmation using real-time fluorescence PCR

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 2429-2433

  Reischl, Udo ^a,b   Linde, Hans Jörg ^a   Metz, Michaela ^a   Leppmeier, Birgit ^a   Lehn, Norbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0034050011     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/.38.6.2429-2433.2000     Document Type: Article

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