61404-0

Staphylococcus aureus DNA [Presence] in Specimen by NAA with probe detection

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LP16662-6   Staphylococcus aureus
Potentially pathogenic bacteria found in nasal membranes, skin, hair follicles, and perineum of warm-blooded animals. They may cause a wide range of infections and intoxications. Source: National Library of Medicine, MeSH 2006

LP16662-6   Staphylococcus aureus
Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) are cocci-shaped gram-positive bacteria that assemble in grape-like clusters and cause a wide variety of infections. Up to 50% of adults carry S. aureus on their skin or in their mucous membranes. It is highly adaptable, resulting in drug resistant strains: methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA), methicillin-susceptbile S. aureus (MSSA), vancomycin-intermediate S. aureus (VISA) and vancomycin-resistant S. aureus (VRSA). Examples of human infections caused by S. aureus: bacteremia, gastroenteritis, infective endocarditis, meningitis, osteomyelitis, pulmonary infections, septic arthritis, skin and soft tissue infections, toxic shock syndrome, and urinary tract infections. Diagnosis of S. aureus infection may vary by infection site, e.g., clinical signs and symptoms for skin infections, blood or tissue cultures for other infection types. People with chronic health conditions, weakened immune systems or IV drug users are at a greater risk, as are patients in intensive care units (ICUs) and those with a history of certain types of surgeries and patients with implanted medical devices. PMID: 28722898 Source: Regenstrief LOINC

Fully-Specified Name

Component

Staphylococcus aureus DNA

Property

PrThr

Time

Pt

System

XXX

Scale

Ord

Method

Probe.amp.tar

Additional Names

Long Common Name

Staphylococcus aureus DNA [Presence] in Specimen by NAA with probe detection

Short Name

S aureus DNA Spec Ql NAA+probe

Display Name

S. aureus DNA NAA+probe Ql (Specimen)

Consumer Name Alpha Get Info

Staphylococcus aureus, Specimen

Example Answer List: LL744-4

Basic Attributes

Class

MICRO

Type

Laboratory

First Released

Version 2.34

Last Updated

Version 2.73 (MIN)

Change Reason

The PrThr property is used for LOINC terms whose results are reported using an ordered categorical scale, regardless of whether or not an internal threshold was used to make that determination. This change was approved by the Laboratory LOINC Committee in June 2016.

Order vs. Observation

Both

Common Test Rank Get Info

1178

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Related Names

• 3 Self-Sustaining Sequence Replication
• 3SR SR
• Amplif
• Amplification
• Amplified
• Deoxyribonucleic acid
• DNA NUCLEIC ACID PROBE
• DNA probe
• ID
• Infectious Disease
• InfectiousDisease
• LAT
• LCR
• Ligase chain reaction
• Ligation-activated transcription
• Microbiology
• Misc
• Miscellaneous
• NAA+probe
• NAAT
• NASBA
• Nucleic acid sequence based analysis
• o71
• Ordinal
• Other
• PCR
• Point in time
• Polymerase chain reaction
• PR
• Probe amp
• Probe with ampification
• Probe with target amplification
• QBR
• QL
• Qual
• Qualitative
• Random
• S aureus
• Screen
• SDA
• Spec
• Staph
• Strand Displacement Amplification
• TMA
• To be specified in another part of the message
• Transcription mediated amplification
• Unspecified

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