Correlation of oxacillin MIC with mecA gene carriage in coagulase- negative staphylococci

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 752-754

  Hussain, Zafar ^a,b   Stoakes, Luba ^a   Massey, Viki ^a   Diagre, Deb ^a   Fitzgerald, Viivi ^a   El Sayed, Sameer ^a,b   Lannigan, Robert ^a,b  

^a LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAGULASE; OXACILLIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HAEMOLYTICUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HOMINIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SAPROPHYTICUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS WARNERI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS XYLOSUS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS COHNII; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HAEMOLYTICUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HOMINIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS LUGDUNENSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SAPROPHYTICUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS WARNERI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS XYLOSUS;

EID: 0033950406     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.38.2.752-754.2000     Document Type: Article

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