Improved and rapid detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage using selective broth and multiplex PCR

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 157, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 971-975

  Schuenck, Ricardo P ^a   Lourenco, Maria Cristina S ^b   Iório, Natália L P ^a   Ferreira, Adriana Lúcia P ^a   Nouér, Simone A ^a   Santos, Kátia Regina N ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b Funda??o Oswaldo Cruz   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Methicillin resistance; Multiplex PCR; Nasal carrier; Selective broth; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

AGAR; COAGULASE; MANNITOL; OXACILLIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; HOSPITAL LABORATORY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER STATE; CULTURE MEDIA; HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; NOSE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 37849189218     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: 17697123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2006.08.004     Document Type: Article

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