Evaluation of a new chromogenic medium for isolation and presumptive identification of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from human clinical specimens

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 407-409

  Loulergue, J ^a   De Gialluly, C ^a   Morange, V ^a   Holstein, A ^a   Van Der Mee Marquet, N ^b   Quentin, R ^b  

^a SERVICE DE DERMATOLOGIE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; AMINOGLYCOSIDE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOXITIN; CEPHAMYCIN; CHROMOGENIC SUBSTRATE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; PEFLOXACIN; TOBRAMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFUSION; EVALUATION; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; INFECTION RISK; INOCULATION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; NOSE INFECTION; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHROMOGENIC COMPOUNDS; CULTURE MEDIA; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 33745105123     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-006-0144-9     Document Type: Article

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