Use of thermonuclease testing to identify Staphylococcus aureus by direct examination of blood cultures

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 185-190

  Kaplan, N M ^a  

^a Queen Alia Military Hospital   (Jordan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; COAGULASE; NUCLEASE; THERMONUCLEASE; TOLONIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL DNA; COLORING AGENT; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; MICROCOCCAL NUCLEASE;

ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE COCCI; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; JORDAN; LABORATORY TEST; MICROCOCCUS; NONHUMAN; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; BLOOD; CLASSIFICATION; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; STANDARD; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; TIME; VALIDATION STUDY;

BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; COAGULASE; COLORING AGENTS; CULTURE MEDIA; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; DNA, BACTERIAL; HOSPITALS, MILITARY; HUMANS; JORDAN; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROCOCCAL NUCLEASE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TIME FACTORS; TOLONIUM CHLORIDE;

EID: 16544367437     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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