Verification of the IDI-MRSA assay for detecting methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in diverse specimen types in a core clinical laboratory setting

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 3794-3796

  Drews, Steven J ^a   Willey, Barbara M ^b   Kreiswirth, Nathan ^b   Wang, Min ^c   Ianes, Teresa ^c   Mitchell, Jayne ^c   Latchford, Mary ^c   McGeer, Allison J ^a,b   Katz, Kevin C ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c NORTH YORK GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; DRUG EFFECT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 34247272105     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01509-06     Document Type: Article

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