A nanoplex PCR assay for the rapid detection of vancomycin and bifunctional aminoglycoside resistance genes in Enterococcus species

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Yean, Chan Yean ^a   Yin, Lee Su ^b   Lalitha, Pattabhiraman ^b   Ravichandran, Manickam ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^b SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DNA; GENTAMICIN; RIBOSOME RNA; VANCOMYCIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; PRIMER DNA; RNA 16S;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECT; ECONOMICS; EVALUATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ANIMALIA; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM;

AMINOGLYCOSIDES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GENTAMICINS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 39049165135     PISSN: 14712180     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-7-112     Document Type: Article

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