Rapid detection of Staphylococcus aureus in lower respiratory tract secretions from patients with suspected ventilator-associated pneumonia: Evaluation of the Cepheid Xpert MRSA/SA SSTI assay

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 4095-4097

  Cercenado, Emilia ^a,b,c   Marín, Mercedes ^a,b   Burillo, Almudena ^a,b   Martín Rabadán, Pablo ^a,b   Rivera, Marisa ^a   Bouza, Emilio ^a,b,c  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BRONCHUS SECRETION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; OSTEOARTHROPATHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BODILY SECRETIONS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; PNEUMONIA, STAPHYLOCOCCAL; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84869210789     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02409-12     Document Type: Article

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