eap gene as novel target for specific identification of Staphylococcus aureus

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 470-476

  Hussain, Muzaffar ^a   Von Eiff, Christof ^a   Sinha, Bhanu ^b   Joost, Insa ^c   Herrmann, Mathias ^c   Peters, Georg ^a   Becker, Karsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL SURFACE PROTEIN; EXTRACELLULAR ADHERENCE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EAP GENE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 38949213375     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01425-07     Document Type: Article

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