A rapid and high-throughput screening approach for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus based on the combination of two different real-time PCR assays

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 2861-2867

  Nijhuis, Roel H T ^a   Van Maarseveen, Noortje M ^a   Van Hannen, Erik J ^b   Van Zwet, Anton A ^a   Mascini, Ellen M ^a  

^a RIJNSTATE HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; METICILLIN;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BROTH DILUTION; DNA EXTRACTION; GENE CASSETTE; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; LABORATORY TEST; MECA GENE; MECC GENE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RELIABILITY; SA442 GENE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; EVALUATION STUDY; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TIME;

HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING ASSAYS; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84905235143     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00808-14     Document Type: Article

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