"Amplification Methods for the Detection of Bacterial Resistance Genes."

According to the authors' abstract of an article published in Journal of Microbiological Methods, "Gene amplification techniques are increasingly used in diagnostic microbiology and the first applications for the detection of antibiotic resistance have been described. Studies comparing classical methods such as disc diffusion and MIC determinations with PCR for the detection of resistance have been performed for a number of antibiotics or specific organisms. The detection of methicillin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus is one of the best studies applications of PCR for the detection of antibiotic resistance. Detection of quinolone resistance with PCR followed by single-strand...

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