Experience with the Roche LightCycler VRE detection kit during a large outbreak of vanB2/B3 vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium

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作者
Koh, T. H.
Deepak, R. N.
Se-Thoe, S. Y.
Lin, R. V. T. P.
Koay, E. S. C.
机构
[1] Singapore Gen Hosp, Dept Pathol, Singapore 169608, Singapore
[2] Natl Univ Singapore Hosp, Dept Lab Med, Singapore 117548, Singapore
关键词
real-time PCR; diagnostics; vancomycin-resistant; E; faecium;
D O I
10.1093/jac/dkm140
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R51 [传染病];
学科分类号
100401 ;
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