Rapid identification of staphylococcal strains from positive-testing blood culture bottles by internal transcribed spacer PCR followed by microchip gel electrophoresis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1149-1157

  Fujita, Shin Ichi ^a,b   Senda, Yasuko ^b   Iwagami, Thikako ^b   Hashimoto, Takuma ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFAZOLIN; CEFMETAZOLE; CILASTATIN PLUS IMIPENEM; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLINDAMYCIN; FOSFOMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; HABEKACIN; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; LEVOFLOXACIN; METICILLIN; MINOCYCLINE; OXACILLIN; RNA 16S; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD CULTURE; COAGULASE POSITIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HAEMOLYTICUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HOMINIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS LUGDUNENSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SAPROPHYTICUS;

BACTEREMIA; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; ELECTROPHORESIS, MICROCHIP; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

STAPHYLOCOCCI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS CAPITIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS CAPRAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS COHNII; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HAEMOLYTICUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HOMINIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS LUGDUNENSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SAPROPHYTICUS;

EID: 14944354473     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.3.1149-1157.2005     Document Type: Article

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