Direct detection of human Staphylococcus aureus carriage in the nose using the Lightcycler Staphylococcus kit.
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...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2006
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