PCR-based identification of methicillin–resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains and their antibiotic resistance profiles

Objective: To evaluated the PCR for mecA gene compared with the conventional oxacillin disk diffusion method for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) identification. Methods: A total of 292 S. aureus strains were isolated from various clinical specimens obtained from hospitalized...

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Main Authors: Abazar Pournajaf, Abdollah Ardebili, Leyla Goudarzi, Mahmoud Khodabandeh, Tahmineh Narimani, Hassan Abbaszadeh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2014-05-01
Series:Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine
Subjects:
PCR
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2221169115302859