Development of conventional and real-time multiplex PCR assays for the detection of nosocomial pathogens

• Main Authors: Anbazhagan, D., Mui, W.S., Mansor, M., Yan, G.O.S., Yusof, M.Y., Sekaran, S.D.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia 2011
• Subjects: R Medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/7965/1/Development_of_conventional_and_real-time.pdf; http://eprints.um.edu.my/7965/; http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?pid=S1517-83822011000200006&script=sci_arttext

Nosocomial infections are major clinical threats to hospitalised patients and represent an important source of morbidity and mortality. It is necessary to develop rapid detection assays of nosocomial pathogens for better prognosis and initiation of antimicrobial therapy in patients. In this study, w...