Detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in specimens from various body sites: Performance characteristics of the BD GeneOhm MRSA assay, the Xpert MRSA assay, and broth-enriched culture in an area with a low prevalence of MRSA infections

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 3882-3887

  Hombach, Michael ^a   Pfyffer, Gaby E ^a   Roos, Malgorzata ^b   Lucke, Katja ^a  

^a Center for Laboratory Medicine   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BROTH DILUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACTION; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; INGUINAL REGION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TURNAROUND TIME;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; GROIN; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NOSE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS;

EID: 78049494817     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00670-10     Document Type: Article

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