Real-time nucleic acid sequence-based amplification assay for rapid detection and quantification of agr functionality in clinical Staphylococcus aureus isolates.

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Published in J Clin Microbiol on January 04, 2012

Authors

Liang Chen1, Bo Shopsin, Yanan Zhao, Davida Smyth, Gregory A Wasserman, Christina Fang, Lisa Liu, Barry N Kreiswirth

Author Affiliations

1: Public Health Research Institute TB Center, International Center for Public Health, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, New Jersey, USA.

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