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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2014
Applicants:
Quest Diagnostics Investments Incorporated, Wilmington, DE (US);
Michael Aye, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Inventors:
Lakshmi Nair, Yorba Linda, CA (US);
Heather Vincent, Carrboro, NC (US);
Huong Mai, Irvine, CA (US);
Michelle Tabb, Santa Ana, CA (US);
Maurice Exner, San Juan Capistrano, CA (US);
Assignee:
QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INVESTMENTS INCORPORATED, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/689 (2018.01); G01N 21/64 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/689 (2013.01); G01N 21/6428 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/112 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/158 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/16 (2013.01); G01N 2021/6432 (2013.01); G01N 2021/6441 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed are methods of identifying a methicillin-resistant(MRSA) in a sample wherein the methods involve detecting a-specific nucleic acid sequence, mecA and mecC, in the sample. Kits for determining the presence of MRSA in a sample are also provided.