Analysis of staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec in BD geneohm MRSA assay-negative strains

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2890-2891

  Zhang, Meng ^a   Ito, Teruyo ^a   Li, Shanshuang ^a   Misaw, Shigeki ^a,b   Kondo, Shigemi ^a   Miida, Takashi ^a   Ohsaka, Akimichi ^a   Hiramatsu, Keiichi ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; SORBITOL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHROMOSOME; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; GENE CASSETTE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 84877849442     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00174-13     Document Type: Article

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