Comparison of five tests for identification of Staphylococcus aureus from clinical samples

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 2267-2269

  Luijendijk, A D ^a   Van Belkum, Alex ^a   Verbrugh, Henri ^a   Kluytmans, Jan ^a,b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Ignatius Hospital   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DNA POLYMORPHISM; LABORATORY TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROCONVERSION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MUREX; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0029777354     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.9.2267-2269.1996     Document Type: Article

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