Real-time nucleic acid sequence-based amplification assay for rapid detection and quantification of agr functionality in clinical Staphylococcus aureus isolates

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 657-661

  Chen, Liang ^a   Shopsin, Bo ^b   Zhao, Yanan ^a   Smyth, Davida ^b   Wasserman, Gregory A ^b   Fang, Christina ^a   Liu, Lisa ^a   Kreiswirth, Barry N ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; HEMOLYSIN;

ACCESSORY GENE REGULATOR FUNCTIONALITY; AGR FUNCTIONALITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GYRASE B GENE; GYRB GNE; INTERGENIC MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NONSENSE MUTATION; NONSYNONYMOUS MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCE BASED AMPLIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME DUPLEX NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCE BASED AMPLIFICATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; RNAIII GENE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA GYRASE; HUMANS; RNA, BACTERIAL; SELF-SUSTAINED SEQUENCE REPLICATION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84863133743     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.06253-11     Document Type: Article

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