Evaluation of the BD Phoenix Automated Microbiology System for detecting meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 94-95

  Ćirković, Ivana ^a   Stepanović, Srdjan ^a   Vuković, Dragana ^a   Švabić Vlahović, Milena ^a   Dimitrijević, Vladimir ^b   Hauschild, Tomasz ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXACILLIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; GENE SEQUENCE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; INFECTION; LETTER; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AUTOMATION; HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 46549084108     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2008.02.018     Document Type: Letter

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