Drug Resistance
Multiplex PCR Rapidly Detects Methicillin-Resistant S. aureus
Published in Blood Weekly, November 2nd, 2000
"MRSA is frequently associated with community-acquired and nosocomial bloodstream infections," stated Y.C. Lee and colleagues from Columbia University and the New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York. "Rapid detection of methicillin resistance and differentiation of S. aureus (SA) from coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS) is of utmost clinical importance."
Lee et al. presented data from their study at the 40th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents...
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Source: Blood Weekly (2000-11-02)
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