title: Sputum, the final frontier: PCR from the research bench to the MRSA diagnostic trench.
authors.affiliation: Cepheid, Sunnyvale, CA, USA.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Persing
mesh_terms: D017714:Community-Acquired Infections; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D013502:General Surgery; D006801:Humans; D055624:Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D013183:Sputum / Q000276:immunology*; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014946:Wound Infection