High levels of mecA DNA detected by a quantitative real-time PCR assay are associated with mortality in patients with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1443-1451

  Ho, Ya Chi ^a   Chang, Shan Chwen ^a   Lin, Su Ru ^b   Wang, Wei Kung ^a,b,c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; MINOCYCLINE; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2A; PRIMER DNA; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RANK SUM TEST; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TAIWAN; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 66149087199     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01197-08     Document Type: Article

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