Bovine serum albumin reduces effects of endogenous inhibitors in transport media, facilitating real-time PCR detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from screening swabs

Br J Biomed Sci. 2008;65(3):155-8. doi: 10.1080/09674845.2008.11978118.

Authors

J P McKenna¹, G M Hogg, L D Maxwell, T Curran, G Ong

Affiliation

¹ Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, Department of Microbiology, Grosvenor Road, Belfast BT12 6BA, Northern Ireland, UK. [email protected]

PMID: 18986106
DOI: 10.1080/09674845.2008.11978118

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Animals
Culture Media
DNA, Bacterial / analysis
Humans
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / genetics
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification*
Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction / methods
Serum Albumin, Bovine / pharmacology
Specimen Handling / methods
Staphylococcal Infections / diagnosis*

Substances

Culture Media
DNA, Bacterial
Serum Albumin, Bovine