Comparison of conventional susceptibility testing, penicillin-binding protein 2a latex agglutination testing, and mecA real-time PCR for detection of oxacillin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus and coagulase-negative Staphylococcus

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 3450-3452

  Miller, Melissa B ^a,b   Meyer, Heather ^a   Rogers, Elaine ^a   Gilligan, Peter H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA HOSPITALS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFOXITIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2A; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; COLONY FORMING UNIT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COAGULASE; HUMANS; LATEX FIXATION TESTS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS; PENICILLINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 22144462129     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.7.3450-3452.2005     Document Type: Article

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