Evaluation of an automated system for the identification and antimicrobial susceptibility testing of enterococci

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 157-161

  D’Azevedo, Pedro A ^a,b   Dias, Cícero A G ^a,b,c   Gonçalves, Ana Lúcia S ^c   Rowe, Fabiana ^c   Teixeira, Lúcia Martins ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE CIÊNCIAS DA SAÚDE DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^c Irmandade da Santa Casa de Misericordia de Porto Alegre   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; AMPICILLIN; GENTAMICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ACCURACY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS ASINI; ENTEROCOCCUS AVIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS CASSELIFLAVUS; ENTEROCOCCUS DURANS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS GALLINARUM; ENTEROCOCCUS HIRAE; ENTEROCOCCUS MALODORATUS; ENTEROCOCCUS MUNDTII; ENTEROCOCCUS PSEUDOVIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS RAFFINOSUS; ENTEROCOCCUS SACHAROLYTICUS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; LACTOCOCCUSGARVIEAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AUTOANALYSIS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 0034802603     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0732-8893(01)00272-3     Document Type: Article

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