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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2008
Michael M. Becker, San Diego, CA (US);
Kui Gao, San Diego, CA (US);
Wai-chung Lam, Bonsall, CA (US);
Michael M. Becker, San Diego, CA (US);
Kui Gao, San Diego, CA (US);
Wai-Chung Lam, Bonsall, CA (US);
Gen-Probe Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
Method of detecting methicillin-resistant(MRSA) and methicillin-sensitive(MSSA) in a nucleic acid coamplification assay. The invention advantageously reduces the incidence of false-positive MRSA determinations in real-time assays by requiring satisfaction of a threshold criterion that excludes certain co-infections from the MRSA determination. The invention further provides for determination of MSSA, even when the MSSA is present in combination with methicillin-resistant coagulase-negative (MR-CoNS) bacteria at high or low levels.