Effect of routine use of a multiplex PCR for detection of vanA- and vanB- mediated enterococcal resistance on accuracy, costs and earlier reporting.

Petrich, A; Luinstra, K; Page, B; Callery, S; Stevens, D; Gafni, A; Groves, D; Chernesky, M; Mahony, J B

Petrich, A; Luinstra, K; Page, B; Callery, S; Stevens, D; Gafni, A; Groves, D; Chernesky, M; Mahony, J B.

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Petrich A; Hamilton Regional Laboratory Medicine Program, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada. petricha@mcmaster.ca

Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis ; 41(4): 215-20, 2001 Dec.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11777663

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Bacterial Proteins/genetics; Carbon-Oxygen Ligases/genetics; Drug Resistance, Bacterial/genetics; Costs and Cost Analysis; Enterococcus/genetics; Humans; Polymerase Chain Reaction/economics; Polymerase Chain Reaction/methods; Reproducibility of Results; Retrospective Studies

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Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Bacterial Proteins / Carbon-Oxygen Ligases / Drug Resistance, Bacterial Type of study: Diagnostic_studies / Health_economic_evaluation / Observational_studies / Prognostic_studies Limits: Humans Language: En Journal: Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis Year: 2001 Document type: Article Affiliation country: Canada Country of publication: United States

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