Article
Detection of the Staphylococcal mecA gene by chemiluminescent DNA hybridization.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Aug 1995
Kolbert C P, Connolly J E, Lee M J, Persing D H
Abstract excerpt
A new solution-phase DNA hybridization capture assay for the rapid detection of the mecA gene in clinical isolates of Staphylococcus was compared with multiplex PCR and disk diffusion methods. The assay uses a DNA capture probe immobilized on paramagnetic particles and a second DNA probe labeled...
Topics
- Bacteriological Techniques
- DNA, Bacterial
- Evaluation Studies as Topic
- Genes, Bacterial
- Genotype
- Humans
- Luminescent Measurements
- Methicillin Resistance
- Microbial Sensitivity Tests
- Nucleic Acid Hybridization
- Phenotype
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Sensitivity and Specificity
- Staphylococcal Infections
- Staphylococcus