Patent ID: 8206921

Claim:
A method of testing a sample for the presence or absence of SCCmec cassette DNA in DNA of Staphylococcus aureus , the method comprising: a) hybridizing the sample to one or more capture probes that hybridize to DNA of Staphylococcus aureus and one or more other species of staphylococci external to SCCmec cassette DNA, the capture probes optionally attached to a support; b) hybridizing the sample to one or more blocker probes that hybridize to DNA of one or more other species of staphylococci; c) hybridizing the sample to one or more detector probes that hybridize to SCCmec cassette DNA; and d) detecting or not detecting each of the detector probes, thereby determining the presence or absence, respectively, of the SCCmec cassette DNA in the DNA of the Staphylococcus aureus, wherein the one or more capture probes include a capture probe that comprises SEQ ID NO:5; wherein the one or more detector probes include a detector probe comprising SEQ ID NO:2, SEQ ID NO:3, SEQ ID NO:4, SEQ ID NO:6, SEQ ID NO:7, SEQ ID NO:8, SEQ ID NO:9, SEQ ID NO:10, SEQ ID NO:11, SEQ ID NO:20, SEQ ID NO:21 or SEQ ID NO:22; and wherein the one or more blocker probes include a blocker probe comprising SEQ ID NO:14, SEQ ID NO:15 or SEQ ID NO:16.