Results of disk diffusion testing with cefoxitin correlate with presence of mecA in Staphylococcus spp.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 3818-3823

  Swenson, Jana M ^a   Tenover, Fred C ^a   Addison, Rachel ^b   D'Souza, Holly ^c   O'Connor, Jennifer ^d   Rothberg, Judy ^e   Spargo, Jean ^f   Traczewski, Maria ^g   Touhy, Marion ^h   Wilson, Deborah ^h   Votta, Mary ⁱ   Vicino, David ^j   Willey, Barbara ^k  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH   (United States)

^e ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^h LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

ⁱ Diagnostic Systems   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^k MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; CEFOXITIN; OXACILLIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY DISK DIFFUSION TEST; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BROTH MICRODILUTION; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; LABORATORY TEST; LIGHT; MECA GENE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CEFOXITIN; DIFFUSION; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OXACILLIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

STAPHYLOCOCCI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 23744474342     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.8.3818-3823.2005     Document Type: Article

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