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Triplex real-time pcr for detection of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus and Panton-Valentine leukocidin in North-East Romania.
Revista medico-chirurgicala a Societatii de Medici si Naturalisti din Iasi - 1 Jan 2000
Vremeră Teodora, Iancu Luminiţa Smaranda, Nastase E V, Logigan Cătălina, Miftode Egidia Gabriela, Mereuţă Ana Irina, Luncă Cătălina, Dorneanu Olivia Simona
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UNLABELLED: The aim of the present study was to investigate S. aureus isolates for the presence of methicillin-resistance and Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL) genes and to further characterize positive strains by means of antibiotic resistance patterns. MATERIAL AND METHODS: We used a triplex Real-Time PCR method for simultaneous detection of nuc, mecA and pvl genes in clinical isolates from 188 patients...
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