Evaluation of a mannitol-salt-oxacillin-tellurite medium for the isolation of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from contaminated sources

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1992, Pages 207-211

  Martinez, Octavio V ^a   Cleary, Timothy ^a   Baker, Martha ^a   Civetta, Joseph ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METICILLIN; OXACILLIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; NOSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SKIN; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

AXILLA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURE MEDIA; EVALUATION STUDIES; HUMAN; MANNITOL; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; NASAL MUCOSA; OXACILLIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TELLURIUM;

EID: 0026511576     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0732-8893(92)90115-A     Document Type: Article

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