Misclassification of susceptible strains of Staphylococcus aureus as methicillin-resistant S. aureus by a Rapid automated susceptibility testing system

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1619-1620

  Ribeiro, Julival ^a   Vieira, F D ^a   King, Tom ^b   D'Arezzo, Julia B ^c   Boyce, John M ^b  

^a HOSPITAL DE BASE   (Brazil)

^b MIRIAM HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c PROVIDENCE VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFTIZOXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; METICILLIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; GENE SEQUENCE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0032923035     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.5.1619-1620.1999     Document Type: Article

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