Development of a rapid diagnostic assay for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and methicillin-resistant coagulase-negative Staphylococcus

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 273-279

  Lindsey, Wesley C ^a   Woodruff, Evelyn S ^a   Weed, Diane ^b   Ward, David C ^c   Jenison, Robert D ^a  

^a Inverness Medical Biostar   (United States)

^b DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NEVADA CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

CoNS; femB; mecA; MRSA; MSSA; Thin film biosensor chip

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIOSENSOR; BLOOD CULTURE; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GRAM POSITIVE COCCI; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN SENSITIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTOR TU; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 45349106469     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2008.03.002     Document Type: Article

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