Simultaneous detection of the mecA and ileS-2 genes in coagulase-negative staphylococci isolated from Brazilian hospitals by multiplex PCR

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 205-212

  Ferreira, Rosana Barreto Rocha ^a   Nunes, Ana Paula Ferreira ^a   Kokis, Valéria Miguelote ^a   Krepsky, Natascha ^a   Fonseca, Leila De Souza ^a   Bastos, Maria Do Carmo De Freire ^a   Giambiagi deMarval, Márcia ^a   Santos, Kátia Regina Netto Dos ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Coagulase negative staphylococci; Multiplex PCR; Mupirocin resistance; Oxacillin resistance; PFGE method

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; OXACILLIN; PSEUDOMONIC ACID;

ACCURACY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD FLOW; BRAZIL; CATHETER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HOSPITAL; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BRAZIL; COAGULASE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GENES, BACTERIAL; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MUPIROCIN; OXACILLIN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 0036200255     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0732-8893(01)00345-5     Document Type: Article

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