Phenotypic detection of mec A-positive staphylococcal blood stream isolates: High accuracy of simple disk diffusion tests

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 107-112

  Cormican, Martin G ^a,b   Wilke, Werner W ^a   Barrett, Mary S ^a   Pfaller, Michael A ^a   Jones, Ronald N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GALWAY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFALOTIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFTIZOXIME; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; METICILLIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; SULBACTAM;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 0030200066     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0732-8893(96)00125-3     Document Type: Article

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