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Multiplex PCR Assay for Typing of Staphylococcal Cassette Chromosome Mec Types I to V in Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Published on: September 5, 2013
Multiplex high-resolution melting analysis as a diagnostic tool for detection of plasmid-mediated AmpC β-lactamase
Chelsie N Geyer1, Nancy D Hanson
1Creighton University School of Medicine, Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Center for Research in Anti-Infectives and Biotechnology, Omaha, Nebraska, USA.
Abstract:
High-resolution melting (HRM) analysis can be a diagnostic tool to evaluate the presence of resistance genes with the added bonus of discriminating sequence modifications. A real-time, multiplex PCR assay using HRM was designed for the detection of plasmid-mediated ampC genes. The specificity and sensitivity of this assay were 96% and 100%, respectively.

