Evaluation of different methods for the detection of methicillin resistance in coagulase-negative staphylococci

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 241-249

  Jarløv, Jens Otto ^a,b,c   Busch Sørensen, Charlotte ^b   Espersen, Frank ^b   Mortensen, Ida ^b   Hougaard, David Michael ^b   Rosdahl, Vibeke Thamdrup ^b  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; METICILLIN; OXACILLIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AGAR GEL DIFFUSION; ARTICLE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAMASES; CARRIER PROTEINS; COAGULASE; EVALUATION STUDIES; GENES, BACTERIAL; HEXOSYLTRANSFERASES; METHICILLIN; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MURAMOYLPENTAPEPTIDE CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS; PENICILLINS; PEPTIDYL TRANSFERASES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 0030824628     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/40.2.241     Document Type: Article

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