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Accurate detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in day to day practice: a great help to clinicians.
Journal of the Indian Medical Association - 1 Dec 2011
Mallick Sanjay Kumar, Basak Silpi
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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections are difficult and expensive to treat, therefore early detection is essential to avoid treatment failure. Several phenotypic and genotypic methods are used to detect MRSA; however, the method of choice remains problematic. For detection of MRSA we have evaluated 3 different phenotypic methods with the genotypic method ie, polymerase chain reaction...
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