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Comparison of a polymerase chain reaction assay and a conventional microbiologic method for detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
1 Jan 1992
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The presence or absence of a methicillin resistance gene in 58 clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus was examined by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and Southern blot analyses. The results were analyzed in relation to those of the MIC assay of methicillin and oxacillin. PCR assay results were identical to those of Southern blot analysis of genomic DNA digested with HindIII (positive, 28 strains;...
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