Genotypic versus phenotypic characterization, with respect to susceptibility and identification, of 17 clinical isolates of Staphylococcus lugdunensis

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 287-291

  Mateo, María ^a   Maestre, Juan Ramón ^a   Aguilar, Lorenzo ^b   Cafini, Fabio ^b   Puente, Pilar ^a   Sánchez, Paloma ^a   Alou, Luis ^b   Giménez, María José ^b   Prieto, José ^b  

^a HOSPITAL CENTRAL DE LA DEFENSA GÓMEZ ULLA   (Spain)

^b SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Spain)

Author keywords

lactamases; Clumping factor; mecA gene; Methicillin resistance; S. lugdunensis

Indexed keywords

AGAR; BETA LACTAMASE; COAGULASE; METICILLIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2A; PENICILLIN G; RNA POLYMERASE BETA SUBUNIT;

ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS LUGDUNENSIS;

BETA-LACTAMASES; CROSS INFECTION; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LATEX FIXATION TESTS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PHENOTYPE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 23844493893     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dki227     Document Type: Article

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