Detection of the van alphabet and identification of enterococci and staphylococci at the species level by multiplex PCR

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 5857-5860

  Depardieu, Florence ^a   Perichon, Bruno ^a   Courvalin, Patrice ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DDL GENE; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS CASSELIFLAVUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS GALLINARUM; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE TARGETING; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; NUC GENE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STRUCTURAL GENE; VAN A GENE; VAN B GENE; VAN C GENE; VAN D GENE; VAN E GENE; VAN G GENE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA PRIMERS; ENTEROCOCCUS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; VANCOMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS CASSELIFLAVUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS GALLINARUM; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 10844278026     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.12.5857-5860.2004     Document Type: Article

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