Assessment of RAISUS, a novel system for identification and antimicrobial susceptibility testing for enterococci

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 23-27

  Kanemitsu, Keiji ^a   Kunishima, Hiroyuki ^a   Inden, Ken ^a   Hatta, Masamitsu ^a   Saga, Tomoo ^a   Ueno, Kumi ^a   Harigae, Hideo ^a   Ishizawa, Kenichi ^a   Kaku, Mitsuo ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial susceptibility test; RAISUS; Rapid identification; VRE

Indexed keywords

VANCOMYCIN;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; VANCOMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 25144434664     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2005.04.008     Document Type: Article

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