Molecular diagnostics

Evaluation of Three Phenotypic Tests vs. Duplex (coa & mecA) PCR for Detection of Methicillin-Resistance Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Strains from Patients with Nosocomial Infections (NI) in a Mexican Hospital

Roberto Cabrera-Contreras, Rubén Morelos-Ramírez & Enrique Meléndez-Herrada · Microbiology Research Journal International · 2016

Background: Staphylococcus aureus (SA) is a leading cause of hospital acquired infections worldwide. Epidemiological features have also changed in Mexican hospitals and methicillin-resistance Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections appear to be an emerging phenomenon.   Aims: The...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BMRJ/2016/23077

Acinetobacter: A War Zone in the Hospital

Ashwin Rammohan, Sathya Cherukuri, Jeswanth Sathyanesan & Ravichandran Palaniappan · Microbiology Research Journal International · 2015

Acinetobacter baumannii has emerged as a significant hospital pathogen because of the increasing number of infections and the global spread of strains with resistance to multiple antibiotic classes. An important contribution to the epidemiology of infections with A. baumannii has...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BMRJ/2015/20193

Review on Molecular Diagnostic Techniques in Friedreich’s Ataxia

Pravin D. Potdar & Aarthy Raghu · Annual Research & Review in Biology · 2013

Friedreich’s ataxia is a commonly inherited neurodegenerative disease with an autosomal recessive pattern of inheritance, and was described by Nikolaus Friedreich first in 1863. Friedreich’s ataxia is caused due to hyperexpansion of the intronic GAA trinucleotide repeats or mutat...

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