Development and evaluation of a Quadruplex Taq Man real-time PCR assay for simultaneous detection of clinical isolates of Enterococcus faecalis, Enterococcus faecium and their vanA and vanB genotypes.

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Published in Iran J Microbiol on October 01, 2014

Authors

Taghi Naserpour Farivar1, Reza Najafipour1, Pouran Johari1, Masoumeh Aslanimehr1, Amir Peymani1, Hoasan Jahani Hashemi1, Baman Mirzaui1

Author Affiliations

1: Cellular and Molecular Research Center, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran.

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