Evaluation of MRSA-Screen, a simple anti-PBP 2a slide latex agglutination kit, for rapid detection of methicillin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1591-1594

  Cavassini, Matthias ^a   Wenger, Aline ^a   Jaton, Katia ^a   Blanc, Dominique S ^a   Bille, Jacques ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; METICILLIN; OXACILLIN;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EVALUATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

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

EID: 0032918869     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.5.1591-1594.1999     Document Type: Article

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