Application of PCR based - RFLP for species identification of ocular isolates of methicillin resistant staphylococci (MRS)

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 78-84

  Malathi, J ^a   Sowmiya, M ^a   Margarita, S ^a   Madhavan, H N ^a   Therese, K Lily ^a  

^a VISION RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (India)

Author keywords

Coagulase negative staphylococci; Methicillin resistance; Methicillin resistant staphylococci; Methicillin sensitive staphylococci; Restriction fragment length polymorphism

Indexed keywords

CEFAZOLIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE ACTIVATING PROTEIN; MOXIFLOXACIN; NORFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2A; PENICILLIN G; TOBRAMYCIN;

AGAR MEDIUM; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS COHNII; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EQUORUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HAEMOLYTICUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HOMINIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS XYLOSUS;

EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 70349543840     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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