Rapid confirmation of suspected methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonies on chromogenic agars by a new commercial PCR assay, the GenomEra MRSA/SA Diagnose

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1961-1968

  Hirvonen, J J ^a   Nevalainen, M ^b   Tissari, P ^c   Salmenlinna, S ^d   Rantakokko Jalava, K ^e   Kaukoranta, S S ^a  

^a VAASA CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b PIRKANMAA HOSPITAL DISTRICT   (Finland)

^c HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^e TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; CEFOXITIN; METICILLIN; OXACILLIN;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DISK DIFFUSION; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; GENOTYPE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

AGAR; CHROMOGENIC COMPOUNDS; CULTURE MEDIA; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 84866370844     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: 14354373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-011-1527-0     Document Type: Article

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