Direct detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in clinical specimens by a nucleic acid-based hybridisation assay

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1163-1167

  Holfelder, M ^a   Eigner, U ^a   Turnwald, A M ^a   Witte, W ^b   Weizenegger, M ^a   Fahr, A ^a  

^a Limbach Laboratory   (Germany)

^b ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Detection; Hybridisation assay; MRSA; PCR; Screening swabs; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 33751074142     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2006.01547.x     Document Type: Article

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