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J Microbiol Methods
; 65(2): 354-6, 2006 May.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-16194577
RESUMO
The Lightcycler Staphylococcus kit is a diagnostic tool for direct real-time detection of Staphylococcus aureus in clinical materials. We show here that detection of S. aureus nasal carriage using this test is hampered by competition of DNA from coagulase-negative staphylococci. However the test is well suited for species identification after culture and the identification of high-load S. aureus carriers.