Evaluation of the Xpert MRSA assay for rapid detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from nares swabs of geriatric hospitalized patients and failure to detect a specific SCCmec type IV variant

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 995-1002

  Laurent, C ^a   Bogaerts, P ^a   Schoevaerdts, D ^a   Denis, O ^b   Deplano, A ^b   Swine, C ^a   Struelens, M J ^b,c   Glupczynski, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF MONT GODINNE   (Belgium)

^b ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ELDERLY CARE; EVALUATION STUDY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HETEROZYGOTE; HOSPITAL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NOSE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CARRIER STATE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NOSE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

EID: 77955471303     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-010-0958-3     Document Type: Article

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