abstract |
The present invention relates to nucleic acid probes specific to Staphylococcus aureus, which is useful for detecting and identifying S. aureus in a biological sample. More particularly, the present invention relates to a DNA chip for detecting and identifying S. aureus, on which nucleic acid probes derived from 23 S rRNA gene of S. aureus are immobilized. The application of the DNA chips according to the present invention allows time-saving and accurate diagnosis of bacterial infection compared with the conventional bacterial culture methods. |