Detection of methicillin resistance in coagulase-negative staphylococci and in staphylococci directly from simulated blood cultures using the EVIGENE MRSA Detection Kit

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 419-421

  Poulsen, Ane B ^a   Skov, Robert ^a   Pallesen, Lars V ^a  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Blood culture; Coagulase negative staphylococci; mecA; Methicillin resistance determination; MRSA

Indexed keywords

AGAR; BACTERIAL DNA; COAGULASE; METICILLIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; SIMULATION;

ADENOSINE; COAGULASE; DNA PROBES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 0037323757     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkg084     Document Type: Article

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