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Abstract
PCR allows rapid determination of both the presence of Staphylococcus aureus and of methicillin resistance. I present here a simple method for direct extraction from blood cultures or colonies for use in real-time PCR, eliminating tedious, time-consuming methods of DNA extraction which may otherwise deter microbiology labs from offering PCR.Entities:
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Year: 2005 PMID: 15956423 PMCID: PMC1151874 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.6.2932-2933.2005
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN: 0095-1137 Impact factor: 5.948