Methicillin resistance detection in Staphylococcus aureus: Comparison between conventional methods and MRSA-Screen latex agglutination technique;Detección de meticilino-resistencia en Staphylococcus aureus: Comparación de métodos convencionales y aglutinación con MRSA-Screen latex

Revista Argentina de Microbiologia

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 36-40

  Soloaga, R ^a   Corso, A ^b   Gagetti, P ^b   Faccone, D ^b   Galas, M ^b   Guelfand, L ^c   Lopardo, H ^d   Pace, J ^e   Kauffman, S ^f   Tokumoto, M ^g   Famiglietti, A ^h   Altschuler, M ⁱ   Smayevsky, J ^j   Vidal, P ^k   Martínez, N Checa ^l   Di Bella, A ^d   Mendes, E ^m   Irigoyen, B ⁿ   Dakoff, A M Zaloff ^o   Vazquez, M ^p  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA ARGENTINA   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ENFERMEDADES INFECCIOSAS   (Argentina)

^c INSTITUTO CARDIOVASCULAR DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^d Htal Pediat Prof Dr J P G ^*  (Argentina)

^e Clinica Bazterrica   (Argentina)

^f HOSPITAL JUAN A FERNÁNDEZ   (Argentina)

^g Sanatorio Modelo de Quilmes   (Argentina)

^h Htal de Clinicas Gral S Martin   (Argentina)

ⁱ Hospital de Ninos Sor Maria Ludovica   (Argentina)

^j CEMIC   (Argentina)

^k Instituto de Cardiologia   (Argentina)

^l Htal A Padilla   (Argentina)

^m Hospital Jose M Cullen   (Argentina)

ⁿ Hospital Julio C Perrando   (Argentina)

^o Htal Pediatrico Avelino Castelan   (Argentina)

^p HOSPITAL DE NIÑOS RICARDO GUTIÉRREZ   (Argentina)

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Author keywords

Latex agglutination test; Methicillin resistance; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

OXACILLIN;

AGAR DILUTION TEST; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY DISK DIFFUSION TEST; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DILUTION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EVALUATION; GENE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; MECA GENE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; OXACILLIN AGAR SCREEN TEST; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RELIABILITY; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; HEXOSYLTRANSFERASES; LATEX FIXATION TESTS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MURAMOYLPENTAPEPTIDE CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS; PEPTIDYL TRANSFERASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 2442587369     PISSN: 03257541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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