Oxacillin susceptibility testing of Staphylococcus saprophyticus using disk diffusion, agar dilution, broth microdilution, and the Vitek GPS-105 card

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 203-205

  Ramotar, Karam ^a   Woods, Wendi ^a,b   Toye, Baldwin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; OXACILLIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; DILUTION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARD; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SAPROPHYTICUS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CULTURE MEDIA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PENICILLINS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 0034806636     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0732-8893(01)00268-1     Document Type: Article

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