Failure of the BD GeneOhm StaphS/R assay for identification of Australian methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains: duplex assays as the "gold standard" in settings of unknown SCCmec epidemiology

J Clin Microbiol. 2008 Dec;46(12):4116-7. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01146-08. Epub 2008 Oct 22.

Authors

Lee Thomas, Sebastiaan van Hal, Matthew O'Sullivan, Pierre Kyme, Jon Iredell

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Australia
Diagnostic Errors*
Humans
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / drug effects*
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification*
Microbial Sensitivity Tests / methods*
Staphylococcal Infections / diagnosis*
Staphylococcal Infections / microbiology*