Evaluation of an isothermal signal amplification method for rapid detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from patient-screening swabs

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 3187-3191

  Levi, Katrina ^a   Bailey, Claire ^a   Bennett, Alexandra ^a   Marsh, Peter ^b   Cardy, Don L N ^b   Towner, Kevin J ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b CYTOCELL LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; COAGULASE;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; ENZYME ASSAY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; INOCULATION; ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION ASSAY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COAGULASE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; OXACILLIN; RNA, BACTERIAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TIME FACTORS;

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

EID: 0037492892     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.7.3187-3191.2003     Document Type: Article

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