Correlation between the resistance genotype determined by multiplex PCR assays and the antibiotic susceptibility patterns of Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 231-238

  Martineau, Francis ^b   Picard, François J ^b   Lansac, Nicolas ^b   Ménard, Christian ^b   Roy, Paul H ^b   Ouellette, Marc ^b   Bergeron, Michel G ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; BETA LACTAMASE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; OXACILLIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENETIC RESISTANCE; GENOTYPE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 0033954578     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.44.2.231-238.2000     Document Type: Article

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