Evaluation of a modular multiplex-PCR methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus detection assay adapted for mecC detection

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1917-1919

  Becker, Karsten ^a   Larsen, Anders R ^b   Skov, Robert L ^b   Paterson, Gavin K ^c   Holmes, Mark A ^c   Sabat, Artur J ^d   Friedrich, Alexander W ^d   Koc̈k, Robin ^a   Peters, Georg ^a   Kriegeskorte, André ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DENMARK; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; MECA GENE; MECC GENE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN SUSCEPTIBLE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR HYBRIDIZATION; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84878499554     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00075-13     Document Type: Article

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