Hemoculture and Direct Sputum Detection of mecA-Mediated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus by Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification in Combination With a Lateral-Flow Dipstick

• Main Authors: Kawin Nawattanapaiboon, Photchanathorn Prombun, Pitak Santanirand, Apirom Vongsakulyanon, Toemsak Srikhirin, Boonsong Sutapun, Wansika Kiatpathomchai
• Other Authors: Mahidol University
• Format: Article
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; Health Professions; Medicine
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/42897

© 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. This study reports loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) for rapid detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from direct clinical specimens. Four primers including outer and inner primers were specifically designed on the two target sequences—fem...