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Rapid PCR/ESI-MS-based molecular genotyping of Staphylococcus aureus from nasal swabs of emergency department patients.
BMC infectious diseases - 9 Jan 2014
Kecojevic Aleksandar, Ranken Ray, Ecker David J, Massire Christian, Sampath Rangarajan, Blyn Lawrence B, Hsieh Yu-Hsiang, Rothman Richard E, Gaydos Charlotte A
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BACKGROUND: A limitation of both culture-based and molecular methods of screening for staphylococcal infection is that current tests determine only the presence or absence of colonization with no information on the colonizing strain type. A technique that couples polymerase chain reaction to mass spectrometry (PCR/ESI-MS) has recently been developed and an assay validated to identify and genotype S. aureus and...
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