Comparison of ESwab with traditional swabs for detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus using two different walk-away commercial real-time PCR methods

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 2641-2643

  Silbert, Suzane ^a   Kubasek, Carly ^a   Uy, Dominic ^a   Widen, Raymond ^a  

^a TAMPA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DILUTION; GENERAL MEDICAL DEVICE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INOCULATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NASOPHARYNGEAL SPECIMEN COLLECTION DEVICE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THROAT CULTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION STUDY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PROCEDURES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIMEN HANDLING; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 84903773701     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00315-14     Document Type: Article

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