Automated systems in the identification and determination of methicillin resistance among coagulase negative staphylococci

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 277-280

  Caierão, Juliana ^a,b   Superti, Silvana ^b   Dias, Cícero A G ^a   D'Azevedo, Pedro Alves ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE CIÊNCIAS DA SAÚDE DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL MÃE DE DEUS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Automated systems; Coagulase negative staphylococci; Methicillin

Indexed keywords

STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS CAPITIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS COHNII; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HAEMOLYTICUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HOMINIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SAPROPHYTICUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SCIURI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SIMULANS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS WARNERI;

EID: 33745498885     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762006000300009     Document Type: Article

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