Laboratory evaluation of the BD MAX MRSA assay

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 2686-2688

  Widen, Raymond ^a   Healer, Vicki ^a   Silbert, Suzane ^a  

^a TAMPA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSAY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; LABORATORY TEST; LIMIT OF DETECTION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN SUSCEPTIBLE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN SUSCEPTIBLE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS MECA DROPOUT STRAIN; METHICILLIN SUSCEPTIBLE STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIS; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPID TEST; RELIABILITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION STUDY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NOSE MUCOSA; PROCEDURES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

AUTOMATION, LABORATORY; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; NASAL MUCOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 84903793879     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00237-14     Document Type: Article

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