Selection of relevant duplicate criteria in the monitoring of Staphylococcus aureus methicillin resistance trends;Sélection de critères de doublons pertinents pour le suivi du taux de Staphylococcus aureus résistant à la méticilline

Pathologie Biologie

Volumn 53, Issue 8-9, 2005, Pages 476-480

  Grohs, P ^a   Kac, G ^a  

^a HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

Author keywords

Duplicates; M ticilline resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Monitoring

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; METICILLIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TECHNIQUE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 27444439203     PISSN: 03698114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.patbio.2005.07.004     Document Type: Article

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