Failure of the BD GeneOhm StaphS/R assay for identification of Australian methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains: Duplex assays as the "gold standard" in settings of unknown SCCmec epidemiology

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 4116-4117

  Thomas, Lee ^a   Van Hal, Sebastiaan ^a   O'Sullivan, Matthew ^b   Kyme, Pierre ^a   Iredell, Jon ^b  

^a Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2A;

AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISK DIFFUSION; GOLD STANDARD; LETTER; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AUSTRALIA; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 57349195583     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01146-08     Document Type: Letter

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