Improvement of mupirocin E-test for susceptibility testing of Staphylococcus aureus

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 385-387

  Mondino, Pedro Juan José ^a,b   Dos Santos, Kátia Regina Netto ^a   Bastos, Maria Do Carmo De Freire ^a   Giambiagi DeMarval, Marcia ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PSEUDOMONIC ACID; TETRAZOLIUM;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MUPIROCIN; NITROBLUE TETRAZOLIUM; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0037719630     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.05011-0     Document Type: Article

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