Comparison of real-time PCR and conventional biochemical methods for identification of Staphylococcus lugdunensis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 3472-3477

  Pinsky, Benjamin A ^a   Samson, Divinia ^b   Ghafghaichi, Laleh ^b   Baron, Ellen J ^a,b   Banaei, Niaz ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2A;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS LUGDUNENSIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS LUGDUNENSIS;

EID: 70449642849     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00342-09     Document Type: Article

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