Mueller-Hinton agar is superior to PDM blood agar for detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 61-64

  Monsen, Tor ^a   Persson, S ^a   Edebro, H ^a   Granstrom S ^a   Wistrom J ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

MIC; MRSA; Mueller Hinton; Oxacillin; PDM; Susceptibility

Indexed keywords

AGAR; METICILLIN; OXACILLIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; INCUBATION TIME; INOCULATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

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

EID: 0037273489     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0691.2003.00462.x     Document Type: Article

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