High Proportion of Wrongly Identified Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Carriers by Use of a Rapid Commercial PCR Assay Due to Presence of Staphylococcal Cassette Chromosome Element Lacking the mecA Gene?
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Article
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Blanc, Dominique S (Author)
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Title:
Journal of Clinical Microbiology
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Volume/ Issue No.: 2011/FEB V.49 N.2
Call No.:616.0105 JCM Location: Periodicals & References Hall - 2nd floor
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p722-724
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Medical sciences
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Abstract |
During a 9-month period, 217 patients were newly diagnosed as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) carriers by using a commercial rapid PCR-based test (GeneXpert). However, no MRSA was recovered by culturing the second swab in 61 of these patients...
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Journal:
Journal of Clinical Microbiology
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Issu: 2011/FEB V.49 N.2
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