Evaluation of different primers for detecting mecA gene by pcr in comparison with phenotypic methods for discrimination of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 758-763

  Siripornmongcolchai, Taweeporn ^a   Chomvarin, Chariya ^a   Chaicumpar, Kunyaluk ^a   Limpaiboon, Temduang ^a   Wongkhum, Chaisiri ^a  

^a KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARBOXYPEPTIDASE TRANSPEPTIDASE; CARRIER PROTEIN; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; MR1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; PEPTIDYLTRANSFERASE; PRIMER DNA;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GENETICS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; THAILAND; VALIDATION STUDY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; HEXOSYLTRANSFERASES; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MURAMOYLPENTAPEPTIDE CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS; PEPTIDYL TRANSFERASES; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; THAILAND;

EID: 0042701773     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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