Simplified and reliable scheme for species-level identification of Staphylococcus clinical isolates

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2564-2569

  Iorio, Natalia Lopes Pontes ^a   Ferreira, Rosana Barreto Rocha ^a   Schuenck, Ricardo Pinto ^a   Malvar, Karoline Lourenço ^a   Brilhante, Anike Pereira ^a   Nunes, Ana Paula Ferreira ^b   Bastos, Carla Callegário Reis ^c   Dos Santos, Kátia Regina Netto ^a,d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

^c Hospital Naval Marcilio Dias   (Brazil)

^d Instituto de Pesquisas Clínicas Evandro Chagas   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS CAPITIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS COHNII; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HAEMOLYTICUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HOMINIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS LUGDUNENSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SCIURI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS WARNERI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS XYLOSUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 34548097816     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00679-07     Document Type: Article

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