New Real-Time PCR Assay for Rapid Detection of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Directly from Specimens Containing a Mixture of Staphylococci

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1875-1884

  Huletsky, A ^a,b   Giroux, R ^a   Rossbach, V ^a   Gagnon, M ^a   Vaillancourt, M ^a   Bernier, M ^a   Gagnon, F ^a   Truchon, K ^c   Bastien, M ^a   Picard, F J ^a   Van Belkum, A ^d   Ouellette, M ^a,b   Roy, P H ^a,b   Bergeron, M G ^a,b  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c Infectio Diagnostic Inc   (Canada)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2A;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; MECA GENE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR PROBE; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORFX GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NOSE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

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

EID: 2442556167     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.5.1875-1884.2004     Document Type: Article

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