Multicenter evaluation of the lightcycler methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) advanced test as a rapid method for detection of MRSA in nasal surveillance swabs

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1661-1666

  Peterson, Lance R ^a   Liesenfeld, Oliver ^b   Woods, Christopher W ^c   Allen, Stephen D ^d   Pombo, David ^e   Patel, Parul A ^a   Mehta, Maitry S ^a   Nicholson, Bradly ^c   Fuller, DeAnna ^d   Onderdonk, Andrew ^f  

^a NORTHSHORE UNIVERSITY HEALTHSYSTEM   (United States)

^b Roche Diagnostics   (United States)

^c DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Clarian Pathology   (United States)

^e INTERMOUNTAIN HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^f BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ADULT; AGED; AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CARRIER STATE; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; NASAL CAVITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 77951861117     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00003-10     Document Type: Article

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