Real-time PCR assay for detection of blaZ genes in Staphylococcus aureus clinical isolates

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1259-1261

  Pereira, Lynette A ^a   Harnett, Gerald B ^a   Hodge, Meredith M ^a   Cattell, Julia A ^a   Speers, David J ^a,b  

^a PATHWEST LABORATORY MEDICINE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BETA LACTAMASE; NITROCEFIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BLAZ GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISK DIFFUSION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; ENZYMOLOGY; EVALUATION STUDY; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

BETA-LACTAMASES; HUMANS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84897136205     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.03413-13     Document Type: Article

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