Phenotypic prediction rule for community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2293-2295

  Popovich, Kyle ^a   Hota, Bala ^a   Rice, Thomas ^a   Aroutcheva, Alla ^a   Weinstein, Robert A ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; GENOTYPE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; PHENOTYPE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 34547638575     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00044-07     Document Type: Article

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