Development of a real-time Staphylococcus aureus and MRSA (SAM-) PCR for routine blood culture

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 296-302

  Thomas, L C ^a,b   Gidding, H F ^a   Ginn, A N ^a   Olma, T ^b   Iredell, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gram positive; PCR inhibition; Real time PCR; Staphylococcus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; METICILLIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD CULTURE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA EXTRACTION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GRAM STAINING; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MECA GENE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; NUC GENE; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENDONUCLEASES; HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROCOCCAL NUCLEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 33846404881     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2006.09.003     Document Type: Article

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