Direct identification of Staphylococcus aureus from positive blood culture bottles

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 889-891

  Oliveira, Kenneth ^a   Brecher, Stephen M ^b   Durbin, Annette ^b   Shapiro, Daniel S ^e   Schwartz, Donald R ^e   De Girolami, Paola C ^f   Dakos, Joanna ^f   Procop, Gary W ^g   Wilson, Deborah ^g   Hanna, Chad S ^h   Haase, Gerhard ^j   Peltroche Llacsahuanga, Heidrun ^j   Chapin, Kimberle C ^c   Musgnug, Michael C ^c   Levi, Michael H ⁱ   Shoemaker, Cynthia ⁱ   Stender, Henrik ^d  

^a Applied Biosystems   (United States)

^b VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d AdvanDx   (United States)

^e BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^h BELLEVUE HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; PEPTIDE NUCLEIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD CULTURE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GRAM POSITIVE COCCI; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID PROBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA PROBES; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; PEPTIDE NUCLEIC ACIDS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0037312212     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.2.889-891.2003     Document Type: Article

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