A simplified multiplex PCR assay for fast and easy discrimination of globally distributed staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec types in meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 59, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1135-1139

  Ghaznavi Rad, Ehsanollah ^a   Nor Shamsudin, Mariana ^a   Sekawi, Zamberi ^a   Van Belkum, Alex ^b   Neela, Vasanthakumari ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; GENE CASSETTE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MALAYSIA; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; CLASSIFICATION; EUROPE; EVALUATION STUDY; GENETICS; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROCEDURES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; EUROPE; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

BACTERIAL DNA; PRIMER DNA;

EID: 77957295759     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.021956-0     Document Type: Article

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