Simultaneous species identification and detection of methicillin resistance in staphylococci using triplex real-time PCR assay

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 13-18

  Sabet, Negar Shafiei ^a   Subramaniam, Geetha ^a   Navaratnam, Parasakthi ^a   Sekaran, Shamala Devi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; PRIMER DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

COENZYME A; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 33747778661     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2006.02.013     Document Type: Article

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