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[Use of real time PCR for testing Staphylococcus aureus isolates from the Iaşi Infectious Diseases Hospital].
Revista medico-chirurgicala a Societatii de Medici si Naturalisti din Iasi - 1 Jan 2000
Vremeră Teodora, Iancu Luminiţa Smaranda, Logigan Cătălina, Năstase E, Miftode Egidia, Enache Ecaterina, Dorneanu Olivia
Abstract excerpt
UNLABELLED: S. aureus is capable of producing a wide spectrum of diseases and can quickly develop resistance to antibiotics. These features require a careful monitoring of these organisms, by detection of resistance genes and virulence factors, such as Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL). AIM: To determine the presence of mecA and pvl genes in S. aureus isolates by a Real Time-PCR technique (RT-PCR) in order to...
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