Accuracy of antibiotyping using standard antibiograms compared with 16S-23S ribosomal spacer PCR for diagnosis of MRSA

Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2005 Sep;24(9):640-2. doi: 10.1007/s10096-005-0009-7.

Authors

F Daxboeck¹, S Mustafa, O Assadian, H Heinzl, M Stadler, A M Hirschl, W Koller

Affiliation

¹ Clinical Institute for Hygiene and Medical Microbiology, Medical University Vienna, Kinderspitalgasse 15, 1090, Vienna, Austria. [email protected]

PMID: 16172855
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-005-0009-7

No abstract available

Publication types

Comparative Study
Evaluation Study

MeSH terms

Austria
Bacterial Typing Techniques / methods*
Bacterial Typing Techniques / statistics & numerical data
Base Sequence
DNA, Bacterial / genetics
DNA, Ribosomal Spacer / genetics
Humans
Methicillin Resistance
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Predictive Value of Tests
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics
RNA, Ribosomal, 23S / genetics
Sensitivity and Specificity
Staphylococcal Infections / drug therapy
Staphylococcal Infections / microbiology
Staphylococcus aureus / classification*
Staphylococcus aureus / drug effects
Staphylococcus aureus / genetics*
Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification

Substances

DNA, Bacterial
DNA, Ribosomal Spacer
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S
RNA, Ribosomal, 23S