Multiplex PCR assay to identify methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus haemolyticus

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 431-435

  Schuenck, Ricardo P ^a   Pereira, Eliezer M ^a   Iorio, Natalia L P ^a   Dos Santos, Kátia R N ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b Instituto de Pesquisas Clínicas Evandro Chagas   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Methicillin resistance; Multiplex PCR identification; Staphylococcus haemolyticus

Indexed keywords

3 HDYROXY 3 METHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A; COENZYME A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; MECA GENE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MVAA GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HAEMOLYTICUS;

EID: 41049111571     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: 1574695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695X.2008.00387.x     Document Type: Article

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