Evaluation of methods for detecting oxacillin resistance in coagulase-negative staphylococci including cefoxitin disc diffusion

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 257, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 299-305

  Palazzo, Izabel Cristina V ^a   Darini, Ana Lúcia C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Cefoxitin; mecA gene; Methicillin; Staphylococci

Indexed keywords

CEFOXITIN; COAGULASE; OXACILLIN;

AGAR GEL DIFFUSION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CEFOXITIN DISC DIFFUSION; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; GENOTYPE; GOLD STANDARD; MECA GENE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CEFOXITIN; COAGULASE; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OXACILLIN; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 33645216379     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2006.00184.x     Document Type: Article

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