Comparison of the vitek gram-positive susceptibility 106 card, the MRSA-screen latex agglutination test, and mecA analysis for detecting oxacillin resistance in a geographically diverse collection of clinical isolates of coagulase-negative staphylococci

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 3633-3636

  Yamazumi, T ^a   Furuta, I ^a   Diekema, D J ^a   Pfaller, M A ^a   Jones, R N ^a  

^a 345 Beaver Kreek Center ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAGULASE; OXACILLIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; GENE; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; COAGULASE; HEXOSYLTRANSFERASES; HUMANS; LATEX FIXATION TESTS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MURAMOYLPENTAPEPTIDE CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS; PENICILLINS; PEPTIDYL TRANSFERASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS LUGDUNENSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SAPROPHYTICUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS WARNERI;

EID: 0034798148     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.10.3633-3636.2001     Document Type: Article

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