Performance of two tube coagulase methods for rapid identification of Staphylococcus aureus from blood cultures and their impact on antimicrobial management

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 510-513

  Sturm, P D J ^a   Kwa, D ^a   Vos, F J ^b   Bartels, C J M ^a   Schulin T ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bacteraemia; Coagulase test; Diagnosis; Impact; Statphylococcus aureus; Treatment modification

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; FLUCLOXACILLIN; GENTAMICIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; RIFAMPICIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TEICOPLANIN;

ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DILUTION; DIRECT TUBE COAGULASE TEST; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TUBE;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 41949102928     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2008.01966.x     Document Type: Article

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