Evaluation of an anti-PBP 2a slide latex agglutination test in coagulase-negative staphylococci isolated in Greek hospitals

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 279-282

  Petinaki, E ^a   Miriagou, V ^b   Tzouvelekis, L S ^c   Hatzi, F ^a   Legakis, N J ^c   Maniatis, A N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b HELLENIC PASTEUR INSTITUTE   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXACILLIN;

ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; DILUTION; DNA DETERMINATION; DRUG SENSITIVITY; EVALUATION; GREECE; HOSPITAL; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

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

EID: 0036237283     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0732-8893(01)00362-5     Document Type: Article

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