Rapid detection of methicillin-susceptible and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus directly from positive BacT/Alert® blood culture bottles using real-time polymerase chain reaction: evaluation and comparison of 4 DNA extraction methods
- 31 August 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease
- Vol. 61 (4) , 446-452
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2008.03.012
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