Laboratory detection methods for methicillin resistance in coagulase negative Staphylococcus isolated from ophthalmic infections

Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 667-675

  Oliveira, Adália Dias Dourado ^a   d'Azevedo, Pedro Alves ^a,b   de Sousa, Luciene Barbosa ^a   Viana Niero, Cristina ^a   Francisco, Waldemar ^c   Lottenberg, Cláudio ^d   Martino, Marines Dalla Valle ^d   Höfling Lima, Ana Luisa ^d,e  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE CIÊNCIAS DA SAÚDE DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^c FACULDADE DE CIÊNCIAS MÉDICAS DA SANTA CASA DE SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d HOSPITAL ISRAELITA ALBERT EINSTEIN   (Brazil)

^e Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein HIAE ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Coagulase; Comparative study; Eye infections, bacterial; Latex fixation tests; Methicillin resistance; Microbial sensitivity tests; Oxacillin; Sensitivity and specificity; Staphylococcus isolation purification

Indexed keywords

EID: 37349119038     PISSN: 00042749     EISSN: 16782925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-27492007000400018     Document Type: Article

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