Evaluation of routine microbiological techniques for establishing the diagnosis of catheter-related bloodstream infection caused by coagulase-negative staphylococci

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue PART 2, 2007, Pages 172-176

  Casey, Anna L ^a   Worthington, Tony ^b   Lambert, Peter A ^b   Elliott, Tom S J ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTICAL PROFILE INDEX BIOTYPING; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOTYPE; BLOOD CULTURE; CATHETER INFECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEPTICEMIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BLOOD; CATHETERIZATION; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; COAGULASE; CROSS INFECTION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 33847233977     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.46568-0     Document Type: Article

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