Evaluation of the BinaxNOW PBP2a assay for the direct detection of methicillin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus from positive blood culture bottles

Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2012 Mar;72(3):282-4. doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2011.11.012. Epub 2011 Dec 29.

Authors

Maria Pilar Romero-Gómez¹, Inmaculada Quiles-Melero, Carolina Navarro, Jose Ramon Paño-Pardo, Rosa Gómez-Gil, Jesus Mingorance

Affiliation

¹ Servicio de Microbiología y Parasitología, Hospital Universitario La Paz, IdiPaz Paseo de la Castellana, 261, 28046 Madrid, Spain. mpromero.hulp@madrid.salud.org

PMID: 22209514
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2011.11.012

No abstract available

Publication types

Evaluation Study

MeSH terms

Chromatography, Affinity / methods*
Humans
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / genetics
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / immunology
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification*
Molecular Typing
Penicillin-Binding Proteins / analysis
Penicillin-Binding Proteins / immunology
Reagent Kits, Diagnostic*
Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization
Staphylococcal Infections / diagnosis*

Substances

Penicillin-Binding Proteins
Reagent Kits, Diagnostic