Comparison of the BD max methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) assay and the BD GeneOhm MRSA achromopeptidase assay with direct- and enriched-culture techniques using clinical specimens for detection of MRSA

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 3365-3367

  Dalpke, Alexander H ^a   Hofko, Marjeta ^a   Zimmermann, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN FEMB; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BD GENEOHM METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS CHROMOPEPTIDASE ASSAY; BD MAX METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; NURSING HOME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL PATIENT; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; WOUND INFECTION;

AUTOMATION; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84866463409     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01496-12     Document Type: Article

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