Evaluation of a cefoxitin disk diffusion test for the detection of mecA-positive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus saprophyticus

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 500-504

  Higashide, Masato ^a,b   Kuroda, Makoto ^a   Ohkawa, Saburo ^c   Ohta, Toshiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b Kotobiken Medical Laboratories   (Japan)

^c Nippon Becton Dickinson   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cefoxitin; Coagulase negative staphylococci; mecA; Staphylococcus saprophyticus

Indexed keywords

CEFOXITIN; CEFTIZOXIME; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2A;

AGAR GEL DIFFUSION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SAPROPHYTICUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CEFOXITIN; HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 33646761933     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2006.01.009     Document Type: Article

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