Detection of oxacillin-resistance in staphylococcus aureus by MicroScan MIC panels in comparison to four other methods

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 93-100

  Dillard, S C ^a   Waites, Ken B ^a   Brookings, E S ^a   Moser, S A ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXACILLIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTISCANNING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029897771     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0732-8893(96)00015-6     Document Type: Article

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