Evaluation of a real-time polymerase chain reaction assay using analyte-specific reagents for detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage

Analytical and Quantitative Cytology and Histology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 410-416

  Fodrie, Tina Y ^a   Allen, Stephen D ^b   Blue, Deborah E ^b   Gary, Patty ^a   Cheng, Liang ^b  

^a RICHARD L ROUDEBUSH VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; PCR; Roche LightCycler 2.0; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2A; REAGENT;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CARRIER STATE; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; DNA, BACTERIAL; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NASAL MUCOSA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; WORKFLOW;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 74549205238     PISSN: 08846812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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