Feasible identification of Staphylococcus epidermidis using desferrioxamine and fosfomycin disks

APMIS

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 16-20

  Antunes, Ana Lúcia Souza ^a   Secchi, Carina ^a   Reiter, Keli Cristine ^a   Perez, Leandro Reus Rodrigues ^a   Freitas, Ana Lúcia Peixoto De ^a,b   D'Azevedo, Pedro Alves ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Desferrioxamine; Fosfomycin; Identification; Staphylococcus epidermidis

Indexed keywords

DEFEROXAMINE; FOSFOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BANNERMAN METHOD; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; GENE; GENOTYPE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HOMINIS; TUF GENE;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; COAGULASE; DEFEROXAMINE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FOSFOMYCIN; HUMANS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 38849198027     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: 16000463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0463.2008.00796.x     Document Type: Article

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