Article
Branched-DNA assay for detection of the mecA gene in oxacillin-resistant and oxacillin-sensitive staphylococci.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Sept 1998
Kolbert C P, Arruda J, Varga-Delmore P, Zheng X, Lewis M, Kolberg J, Persing D H
Abstract excerpt
The identification of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus isolates in the clinical laboratory has typically been performed by using methods that detect phenotypic expression of resistance determinants. However, these methods may be difficult to interpret and some isolates do not express resistan...
Topics
- DNA Primers
- DNA, Bacterial
- Genes, Bacterial
- Humans
- Methicillin Resistance
- Nucleic Acid Hybridization
- Oxacillin
- Phenotype
- Staphylococcal Infections
- Staphylococcus