Evaluation of Different Methods to Detect Methicillin Resistance in Small-Colony Variants of Staphylococcus aureus

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1277-1279

  Kipp, Frank ^a   Becker, Karsten ^a   Peters, Georg ^a   Von Eiff, Christof ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METICILLIN; OXACILLIN;

AGAR GEL DIFFUSION; ARTICLE; AUXOTROPHY; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; MECA GENE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

HUMANS; INCIDENCE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRAWBERRY CRINKLE VIRUS;

EID: 1542618415     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.3.1277-1279.2004     Document Type: Article

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