Comparison of PCR and phenotypic methods for the detection of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Resistance to methicillin in methicillin resistant strains of Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is due to the presence of mec-A gene, which encodes a low affinity penicillin binding protein (PBP)-2a or PBP2. Accurate and rapid identification of MRSA in clinical specimens is ess...

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Autores principales: Madhavan, Anitha, Sachu, Arun, Balakrishnan, Anukumar, Vasudevan, Anu, Balakrishnan, Sobha, Vasudevapanicker, Jayalakshmi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8043827/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33889360
http://dx.doi.org/10.18502/ijm.v13i1.5489

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