Patents Assigned to Kainos Laboratories, Inc.
  • Patent number: 6156507
    Abstract: Disclosed is a specific identification method of an MRSA and MRC-NS, which is speedy, simple and reliable. Specifically, the present invention provides a diagnostic method of an MRSA or MRC-NS, which comprises performing a reaction with a sample by making combined use of a part of a mecDNA, which is an integrated adventitious DNA existing on a chromosome of the MRSA or MRC-NS and carrying an mecA gene thereon, and a part of a nucleotide sequence of a chromosomal DNA surrounding the integrated DNA; and also a diagnostic method of an MRSA or MRC-NS by PCR, LCR or hybridization, which comprises performing a reaction with a sample by using a nucleotide sequence of a chromosomal DNA surrounding an integrated site of a mecDNA in a chromosome of an MSSA or MSC-NS, wherein said method makes use of an occurrence of a negative reaction when said sample contains a mecDNA integrated therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2000
    Assignee: Kainos Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Keiichi Hiramatsu, Teruyo Ito, Akira Awaya, Hiroie Ohno, Tsukasa Hayashi