Comparison of different methods for the detection of methicillin resistance;Comparación de diferentes métodos para la detección de resistencia a meticilina en Staphylococcus aureus

Revista Argentina de Microbiologia

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 52-56

  Soloaga, R ^a   Procopio, A ^a   Aguilar, J ^a   Dutrueul, A ^a   Labat, R ^a   Dominguez, M ^a   Vazquez, M ^a   Linares J ^a   Defain, V ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE NIÑOS RICARDO GUTIÉRREZ   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Methicillin resistance; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

AGAR; GENE PRODUCT; METICILLIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2A; PROTEIN TN554; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CULTURE MEDIA; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; HEXOSYLTRANSFERASES; HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MURAMOYLPENTAPEPTIDE CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS; PEPTIDYL TRANSFERASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 0036217542     PISSN: 03257541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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