Comparison of the xpert methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) assay, BD GeneOhm MRSA assay, and culture for detection of nasal and cutaneous groin colonization by MRSA

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 3769-3772

  Kelley, P G ^a   Grabsch, E A ^a   Howden, B P ^a   Gao, W ^a   Grayson, M L ^a,b,c  

^a AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; INGUINAL REGION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMEAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CARRIER STATE; FEMALE; GROIN; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL CAVITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 70449623181     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00303-09     Document Type: Article

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