Evaluation of a single-locus real-time polymerase chain reaction as a screening test for specific detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in ICU patients

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 657-663

  Oberdorfer, K ^a   Pohl, S ^a   Frey, M ^a   Heeg, K ^a   Wendt, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NOSE SMEAR; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RELIABILITY; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; THROAT CULTURE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENDONUCLEASES; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROCOCCAL NUCLEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 33749526099     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-006-0203-2     Document Type: Article

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