Comparison of three selective chromogenic media for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus detection;Comparaison de trois milieux sélectifs chromogènes pour la détection de Staphylococcus aureus résistant à la méthicilline

Pathologie Biologie

Volumn 55, Issue 8-9, 2007, Pages 366-369

  Athanasopoulos, A ^a   Devogel, P ^a   Beken, C ^a   Pille, C ^a   Bernier, I ^a   Gavage, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

Author keywords

CHROMagar MRSA; chromID MRSA; Chromogenic; Comparison; MRSA; MRSASelect; Screening

Indexed keywords

CEFOXITIN; COAGULASE; MANNITOL;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FERMENTATION; HOSPITAL HYGIENE; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SCREENING; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

CROSS INFECTION; CULTURE MEDIA; HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 35449001035     PISSN: 03698114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.patbio.2007.07.006     Document Type: Article

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