Comparison of MRSA-Screen latex agglutination, conventional phenotypic methods and mecA gene detection for identification of oxacillin resistance in staphylococci

Biologia - Section Cellular and Molecular Biology

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 729-738

  Hájek, Václav ^a   Pantůček, Roman ^b   Kolář, Milan ^a   Doškař, Jiří ^b   Rosypal, Stanislav ^b  

^a PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

mecA gene detection; MRSA Screen test; Oxacillin resistance; Staphylococci

Indexed keywords

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HAEMOLYTICUS;

EID: 19044397289     PISSN: 13356399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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