Evaluation of three chromogenic media (MRSA-ID, MRSA-Select and CHROMagar MRSA) and ORSAB for surveillance cultures of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1168-1174

  Nahimana, I ^a   Francioli, P ^a   Blanc, Dominique S ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chromogenic media; Detection; Enrichment; Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Performance; Screening specimens

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INOCULATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 33751095348     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2006.01534.x     Document Type: Article

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