Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus epidermidis and Staphylococcus haemolyticus: Methicillin-resistant isolates are detected directly in blood cultures by multiplex PCR

Microbiological Research

Volumn 165, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 243-249

  Pereira, Eliezer M ^a,b   Schuenck, Ricardo P ^a   Malvar, Karoline L ^a   Iorio, Natalia L P ^a   Matos, Pricilla D M ^a   Olendzki, André N ^c   Oelemann, Walter M R ^a   dos Santos, Kátia R N ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO FEDERAL DE EDUCAÇÃO   (Brazil)

^c Hospital Naval Marcilio Dias   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Blood multiplex PCR; Methicillin resistance; S. epidermidis; S. haemolyticus; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

AMPLICONS; BLOOD CULTURE; BOVINE SERUM ALBUMINS; CLINICAL ISOLATES; CONTROL STRAIN; CONVENTIONAL METHODS; DNA EXTRACTION; EPIDERMIDIS; EXTRACTION METHOD; METHICILLIN; MULTIPLEX PCR; S. AUREUS; SPECIFIC PRIMERS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HAEMOLYTICUS;

BLOOD; DNA; GENES; MULTIPLEXING; PELLETIZING;

ENZYME INHIBITION;

PRIMER DNA;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM; BLOOD; DNA; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; DRUG EFFECT; EVALUATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HAEMOLYTICUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BLOOD; DNA PRIMERS; HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HAEMOLYTICUS;

BOVINAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HAEMOLYTICUS;

EID: 77649338148     PISSN: 09445013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micres.2009.03.003     Document Type: Article

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