Reliability of the BD GeneOhm methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) assay in detecting MRSA isolates with a variety of genotypes from the United States and Taiwan

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 4546-4551

  Boyle Vavra, Susan ^a   Daum, Robert S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHROMOSOME; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAIWAN; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CARRIER STATE; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TAIWAN; UNITED STATES;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 78650048769     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02519-09     Document Type: Article

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