Oxacillin susceptibility testing of staphylococci directly from Bactec plus blood cultures by the BBL Crystal MRSA ID system

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 2034-2036

  Kubina, M ^b   Jaulhac, B ^a,b   Delabranche, X ^b   Lindenmann, C ^b   Piemont, Y ^b   Monteil, H ^b  

^a Institut de Bacteriologie   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXACILLIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD CULTURE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DRUG SENSITIVITY; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0032905492     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.6.2034-2036.1999     Document Type: Article

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