Ultrarapid detection of bla KPC1/2-12 from perirectal and nasal swabs by use of real-time PCR

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1718-1720

  Richter, Sara N ^a,b   Frasson, Ilaria ^a   Biasolo, Maria Angela ^a,b   Bartolini, Andrea ^b   Cavallaro, Antonietta ^b   Palù, Giorgio ^a,b  

^a Department of Molecular Medicine ^*  (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAPENEMASE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE CARBAPENEMASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BETA LACTAMASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLA KPC GENE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; PATIENT MONITORING; PERIRECTAL SWAB; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY; BACTERIUM; ENZYMOLOGY; EVALUATION; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PERINEUM; TIME;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BETA-LACTAMASES; HUMANS; PERINEUM; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84859980064     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00195-12     Document Type: Article

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