Detection of mecA-and mecC-positive methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolates by the new Xpert MRSA Gen 3 PCR assay

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 180-184

  Becker, Karsten ^a   Denis, Olivier ^b   Roisin, Sandrine ^b   Mellmann, Alexander ^a   Idelevich, Evgeny A ^a   Knaack, Dennis ^a   Van Alen, Sarah ^a   Kriegeskorte, André ^a   Köck, Robin ^a   Schaumburg, Frieder ^a   Peters, Georg ^a   Ballhausen, Britta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MECC PROTEIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; EVALUATION STUDY; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; PROCEDURES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 84954318336     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02081-15     Document Type: Article

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