Clinical utility of the Xpert MRSA assay for early detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Molecular Medicine Reports

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 11-15

  Oh, Ae Chin ^a   Lee, Jin Kyung ^a,b,c   Lee, Ha Na ^d   Hong, Young Jun ^a,c   Chang, Yoon Hwan ^a,c   Hong, Seok Il ^a,c   Kim, Dong Ho ^b  

^a Department of Laboratory Medicine ^*  (South Korea)

^b Korea Cancer Center Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Korea Institute of Radiation and Medical Science   (South Korea)

^d Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Early detection; Lower respiratory tract infection; MRSA; Xpert MRSA

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DNA SEQUENCE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LUNG LAVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRACHEAL ASPIRATION PROCEDURE; XPERT METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS ASSAY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE AGED; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 84873874890     PISSN: 17912997     EISSN: 17913004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2012.1121     Document Type: Article

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