Not so pretty in pink: Staphylococcus cohnii masquerading as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus on chromogenic media

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 4623-4624

  Vinh, Donald C ^a   Nichol, Kim A ^b   Rand, Fern ^b   Karlowsky, James A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; AZTREONAM; CEFOXITIN; CEFTIZOXIME; CHROMOGENIC SUBSTRATE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; METICILLIN; NOVOBIOCIN; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; RNA 16S;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LETTER; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS COHNII; STAPHYLOCOCCUS XYLOSUS;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CULTURE MEDIA; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS COHNII;

EID: 33845575606     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01764-06     Document Type: Letter

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