Comparative performances of six agglutination kits assessed by using typical and atypical strains of Staphylococcus aureus

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1138-1140

  Personne, Philippe ^a   Bes, Michèle ^a   Lina, Gérard ^a   Vandenesch, François ^a   Brun, Yvonne ^a   Etienne, Jerome ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MUREX; STAPHYLOCOCCI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HAEMOLYTICUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS LUGDUNENSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SAPROPHYTICUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SCHLEIFERI;

EID: 0030907247     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.5.1138-1140.1997     Document Type: Article

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