Comparison of the BBL CHROMagar Staph aureus agar medium to conventional media for detection of Staphylococcus aureus in respiratory samples

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 3566-3569

  Flayhart, Diane ^a   Lema, Clara ^a   Borek, Anita ^a   Carroll, Karen C ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; CLINDAMYCIN; COAGULASE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GATIFLOXACIN; MANNITOL; MANNITOL SALT AGAR; NITROFURANTOIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; SHEEP BLOOD AGAR; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; FERMENTATION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; NOSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HAEMOLYTICUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS LUGDUNENSIS;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CULTURE MEDIA; HUMANS; MOUTH MUCOSA; NASAL MUCOSA; PHARYNX; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ABUTILON HULSEANUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERIUM; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; OVIS ARIES; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HAEMOLYTICUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS LUGDUNENSIS;

EID: 3843115642     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.8.3566-3569.2004     Document Type: Article

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