Rapid slide latex agglutination test for detection of methicillin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 2789-2792

  Van Griethuysen, Arjanne ^a   Pouw, Miranda ^b   Van Leeuwen, Nan ^b   Heck, Max ^b   Willemse, Piet ^c   Buiting, Anton ^a   Kluytmans, Jan ^c  

^a CPRLab   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c Ignatius Hospital   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0032799004     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.9.2789-2792.1999     Document Type: Article

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