Rapid identification of Staphylococcus aureus and the mecA gene from BacT/ALERT blood culture bottles by using the LightCycler system

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 2659-2661

  Shrestha, Nabin K ^a   Tuohy, Marion J ^a   Hall, Gerri S ^a   Isada, Carlos M ^a   Procop, Gary W ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DNA; METICILLIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD CULTURE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BASE SEQUENCE; CARRIER PROTEINS; DNA PRIMERS; GENES, BACTERIAL; HEXOSYLTRANSFERASES; HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MURAMOYLPENTAPEPTIDE CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS; PEPTIDYL TRANSFERASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

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

EID: 0036308621     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.7.2659-2661.2002     Document Type: Article

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