Evaluation of the BD GeneOhm assay using the rotor-gene 6000 platform for rapid detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from pooled screening swabs

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 4559-4562

  Smith, Melvyn Howard ^a   Hodgson, Julian ^a   Eltringham, Ian Joseph ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BROTH DILUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CARRIER STATE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 78650069140     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01512-10     Document Type: Article

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