| Literature DB >> 24478411 |
Lynette A Pereira1, Gerald B Harnett, Meredith M Hodge, Julia A Cattell, David J Speers.
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The Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute recommends consideration of blaZ gene testing for cases of serious Staphylococcus aureus infection. Conventional PCR methods have demonstrated superior sensitivity and specificity to phenotypic tests. To our knowledge, this is the first description of real-time PCR detection of the blaZ gene.Entities:
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Year: 2014 PMID: 24478411 PMCID: PMC3993521 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.03413-13
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN: 0095-1137 Impact factor: 5.948