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UPDATE: Head-to-head Study of qPCR Assays for MRSA Surveillance Shows LightCycler Most Cost-effective

Apr 22, 2015
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Madeleine Johnson
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This story has been updated to include comments from Becton Dickinson.

NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – A large evaluation of three commercial PCR-based methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus assays has determined that the Roche LightCycler MRSA Advanced Test yields the highest economic return when used for universal patient screening.

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