Validation of rapid screening tests for the identification of methicillin resistance in staphylococci

Microbial Drug Resistance

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 55-59

  Van Leeuwen, Willem B ^a   Kreft, Deborah E ^a   Verbrugh, Henri ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; METICILLIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHIMERA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EVALUATION; GENOTYPE; MECA GENE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; METHICILLIN SUSCEPTIBLE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 0036213668     PISSN: 10766294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/10766290252913764     Document Type: Article

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