An interprovincial external quality assessment of the ability of Canadian laboratories to detect the vancomycin and penicillin resistance of Enterococcus faecium D366

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 424-430

  Richardson, H ^a   Noble, M A ^b   Fleming, C A ^a   Nikiforuk, S ^b   Mackenzie, A M R ^a   Gun Munro, J ^a   Lannigan, R ^a   Low, D E ^a   Thompson, D ^a   Treloar, M ^a   Church, D ^b   Clarke, A ^b   Horsman, G ^b   Kibsey, P ^b   Kwong, A ^b   Rennie, R ^b   Roscoe, D ^b   Webb, G ^b   Wilson, J ^b  

^a Lab Proficiency Testing Program   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Enterococci; External quality assessment; Vancomycin and or penicillin resistance

Indexed keywords

AGAR; AMPICILLIN; PENICILLIN G; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; DILUTION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REFERENCE VALUE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM;

EID: 0032868281     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.1999.tb00166.x     Document Type: Article

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