Accuracy of phenotypic methods for identification of Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates included in surveillance programs

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2184-2188

  Richter, Sandra S ^a   Heilmann, Kristopher P ^a   Dohrn, Cassie L ^a   Riahi, Fathollah ^a   Beekmann, Susan E ^a   Doern, Gary V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN G; TETRACYCLINE;

ACCURACY; ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BILE SOLUBILITY TEST; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA PROBE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OPTOCHIN SUSCEPTIBILITY TEST; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERUM; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; UNITED STATES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 49049094476     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00461-08     Document Type: Article

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