Evaluation of phenotypic methods for methicillin resistance characterization in coagulase-negative staphylococci (CNS)

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1195-1199

  Caierão, Juliana ^a   Musskopf, Maiara ^a   Superti, Silvana ^b   Roesch, Eliane ^c   Dias, Cícero G ^a,b   D'Azevedo, Pedro A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE CIÊNCIAS DA SAÚDE DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL MÃE DE DEUS   (Brazil)

^c Lab Ctrl Analises Clinicas I   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXACILLIN;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; DIFFUSION; HUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HAEMOLYTICUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HOMINIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; METHICILLIN; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OXACILLIN; PHENOTYPE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 11144248900     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.45697-0     Document Type: Article

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