Development of a heptaplex PCR assay for identification of Staphylococcus aureus and CoNS with simultaneous detection of virulence and antibiotic resistance genes

Development of a new pentaplex real-time PCR assay for the identification of poly-microbial specimens containing Staphylococcus aureus and other staphylococci, with simultaneous detection of staphylococcal virulence and methicillin resistance markers

(2015) Charles E. Okolie et al.   MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR PROBES

Development and evaluation of hexaplex PCR for rapid detection of methicillin, cadmium/zinc and antiseptic-resistant staphylococci, with simultaneous identification of PVL-positive and -negativeStaphylococcus aureusand coagulase negative staphylococci

(2014) Sasmita Panda et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS

Transferable Vancomycin Resistance in a Community-Associated MRSA Lineage

(2014) Flávia Rossi et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Comparison of M.I.C.E. and Etest with CLSI Agar Dilution for Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing against Oxacillin-Resistant Staphylococcus spp

(2014) Eloiza H. Campana et al.   PLoS One

pSK41-Like Plasmid Is Necessary for Inc18-LikevanAPlasmid Transfer from Enterococcus faecalis to Staphylococcus aureusIn Vitro

(2012) Wenming Zhu et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Development of a real-time quadruplex PCR assay for simultaneous detection of nuc, Panton-Valentine leucocidin (PVL), mecA and homologue mecALGA251

(2012) B. Pichon et al.   JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY

Use of Universal 16S rRNA Gene PCR as a Diagnostic Tool for Venous Access Port-Related Bloodstream Infections

(2012) M. Guembe et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

The role of the Panton-Valentine leucocidin toxin in staphylococcal disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis

(2012) Laura J Shallcross et al.   LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Detection of Bacterial 16S rRNA and Identification of Four Clinically Important Bacteria by Real-Time PCR

(2012) Robert J. Clifford et al.   PLoS One

Genomic Analysis of the Emergence of Vancomycin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

(2012) S. D. Kobayashi et al.   mBio

tuf Gene Sequence Analysis Has Greater Discriminatory Power than 16S rRNA Sequence Analysis in Identification of Clinical Isolates of Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci

(2011) S. M. Hwang et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Rapid and Accurate Identification of Human-Associated Staphylococci by Use of Multiplex PCR

(2011) S. Hirotaki et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Bacterial Identification by 16S rRNA Gene PCR-Hybridization as a Supplement to Negative Culture Results

(2011) K. Matsuda et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Acceleration of the direct identification of Staphylococcus aureus versus coagulase-negative staphylococci from blood culture material: a comparison of six bacterial DNA extraction methods

(2010) A. J. M. Loonen et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY & INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Multiplex-PCR Method for Species Identification of Coagulase-Positive Staphylococci

(2010) Takashi Sasaki et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

A pentaplex PCR assay for the rapid detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Panton-Valentine Leucocidin

(2009) Hassanain Al-Talib et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

A Common Variant of Staphylococcal Cassette Chromosome mec Type IVa in Isolates from Copenhagen, Denmark, Is Not Detected by the BD GeneOhm Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Assay

(2009) M. D. Bartels et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Validation of Virulence and Epidemiology DNA Microarray for Identification and Characterization of Staphylococcus aureus Isolates

(2008) R. P. Spence et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Evaluation of the Xpert Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Assay Using the GeneXpert Real-Time PCR Platform for Rapid Detection of MRSA from Screening Specimens

(2008) A. S. Rossney et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Panton‐Valentine Leukocidin‐Producing Methicillin‐SensitiveStaphylococcus aureusas a Cause for Recurrent, Contagious Skin Infections in Young, Healthy Travelers Returned From a Tropical Country: A New Worldwide Public Health Problem?

(2008) Regina D. Schleucher et al.   JOURNAL OF TRAVEL MEDICINE