Detection of methicillin resistance in coagulase-negative staphylococci initially reported as methicillin susceptible using automated methods

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 267-273

  Ramotar, Karam ^a,b   Bobrowska, Maria ^a   Jessamine, Peter ^a,b   Toye, Baldwin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METICILLIN; OXACILLIN;

AGAR GEL DIFFUSION; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; COAGULASE; HEXOSYLTRANSFERASES; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MURAMOYLPENTAPEPTIDE CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS; PENICILLINS; PEPTIDYL TRANSFERASES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0031895438     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0732-8893(97)00248-4     Document Type: Article

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