Cefoxitin disk diffusion screen for confirmation of oxacillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates and utility in the clinical laboratory

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 69-71

  Sharp, Susan E ^a   Warren, Julie A ^a   Thomson Jr , Richard B ^b  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^b EVANSTON HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFOXITIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2A;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DIFFUSION; LABORATORY TEST; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

CEFOXITIN; DIFFUSION; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OXACILLIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 11144281778     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2004.09.003     Document Type: Article

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