Detection of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Panton-Valentine leukocidin directly from clinical samples and the development of a multiplex assay using real-time polymerase chain reaction

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 791-796

  Renwick, L ^a   Hardie, A ^a   Girvan, E K ^b   Smith, M ^a   Leadbetter, G ^a   Claas, E ^c   Morrison, D ^b   Gibb, A P ^a   Dave, J ^a   Templeton, K E ^a  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b STOBHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METICILLIN; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN;

ARTICLE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION CONTROL; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LUKF GENE; LUKS GENE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NOSE SMEAR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCCMEC GENE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WOUND INFECTION;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; EXOTOXINS; HUMANS; LATEX FIXATION TESTS; LEUKOCIDINS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 49649098599     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-008-0503-9     Document Type: Article

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