Coagulase-negative staphylococci: Comparison of phenotypic and genotypic oxacillin susceptibility tests and evaluation of the agar screening test by using different concentrations of oxacillin

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 3609-3614

  Ferreira, Rosana B R ^a   Iorio, Natalia L P ^a   Malvar, Karoline L ^a   Nunes, Ana Paula F ^a   Fonseca, Leila S ^a   Bastos, Carla C R ^b   Santos, Kátia R N ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b Hospital Naval Marcilio Dias   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GENE ISOLATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LABORATORY; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HAEMOLYTICUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HOMINIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SAPROPHYTICUS;

AGAR; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COAGULASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LATEX FIXATION TESTS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OXACILLIN; PHENOTYPE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS COHNII; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HAEMOLYTICUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HOMINIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HOMINIS SUBSP. HOMINIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS LUGDUNENSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SAPROPHYTICUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SCIURI;

EID: 0042524405     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.8.3609-3614.2003     Document Type: Article

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