Is the cefoxitin disk test reliable enough to detect oxacillin resistance in coagulase-negative staphylococci? [3]

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 2028-2029

  Frigatto, Eliete A M ^a   Machado, Antonia M O ^a   Pignatari, Antônio C C ^a   Gales, Ana C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEFOXITIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINEZOLID; METICILLIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2A; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; DRUG RESISTANCE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRAZIL; CEFOXITIN; COAGULASE; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 16844363024     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.4.2028-2029.2005     Document Type: Letter

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