Evaluation of high-resolution melting curve analysis of ligation-mediated real-time PCR, a rapid method for epidemiological typing of ESKAPE (Enterococcus faecium, Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Acinetobacter baumannii, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Enterobacter species) pathogens

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 4339-4342

  Woksepp, Hanna ^a,b   Ryberg, Anna ^c   Billström, Hanna ^d   Hällgren, Anita ^c   Nilsson, Lennart E ^c   Marklund, Britt Inger ^b   Olsson Liljequist, Barbro ^d   Schön, Thomas ^a,b,c  

^a KALMAR COUNTY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GC RICH SEQUENCE; HIGH RESOLUTION MELTING ANALYSIS; HOSPITAL INFECTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LIGATION MEDIATED REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SCREENING TEST; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS INFECTION; EVALUATION STUDY; GENETICS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TIME; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CROSS INFECTION; DNA, BACTERIAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TIME FACTORS; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84910147917     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02537-14     Document Type: Article

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