Evaluation of methods and costs for detecting methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates from clinical specimens at Regional Hospitals in Trinidad and Tobago

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 24-27

  Akpaka, Patrick E ^a   Kissoon, S ^a   Rutherford, C ^b   Swantson, W H ^a   Jayaratne, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METICILLIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2A;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISK DIFFUSION; EPSILOMETER TEST; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIME; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; HUMANS; LATEX FIXATION TESTS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 44249119063     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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