Detection of mecA and ermA genes and simultaneous identification of Staphylococcus aureus using triplex real-time PCR from Malaysian S. aureus strain collections

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 582-585

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

ermA; Erythromycin; mecA; Methicillin; Real time PCR; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROMYCIN; METICILLIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CULTURE MEDIUM; ERMA GENE; FEMA GENE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL; MECA GENE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN SENSITIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ADENOSINE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ERYTHROMYCIN; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; METHYLTRANSFERASES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 34147159841     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2006.12.017     Document Type: Article

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