Detection of methicillin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus isolated from pediatric patients: Is the cefoxitin disk diffusion test accurate enough?

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 415-417

  Mimica, Marcelo Jenné ^a,c   Berezin, E N ^a   Carvalho, R L B ^a   Mimica, I M ^a   Mimica, L M J ^a   Safadi M A P ^a   Schneider, E ^a   Caiaffa Filho, H H ^a,b  

^a Santa Casa   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cefoxitin; Disc diffusion; mecA; MRSA

Indexed keywords

CEFOXITIN; METICILLIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2A;

ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRAZIL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 34948872543     PISSN: 14138670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1413-86702007000400009     Document Type: Article

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