The combined oxacillin resistance and coagulase (CORC) test for rapid identification and prediction of oxacillin resistance in Staphylococcus species directly from blood culture

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 866-868

  Carey, B E ^a,b   Nicol, L ^a  

^a SOUTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b WATERFORD REGIONAL HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAGULASE; OXACILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ASSAY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; BLOOD; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECTS; ENZYMOLOGY; EVALUATION STUDY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COAGULASE; HUMANS; LATEX FIXATION TESTS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 47049104861     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2008.055681     Document Type: Article

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