Agar dilution and agar screen with cefoxitin and oxacillin: What is known and what is unknown in detection of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 954-956

  Perez, Leandro Reus Rodrigues ^a,b   Dias, Cícero ^a,b   D'Azevedo, Pedro Alves ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE CIÊNCIAS DA SAÚDE DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL MÃE DE DEUS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFOXITIN; OXACILLIN;

ACCURACY; AGAR DILUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; MECA GENE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGAR; CEFOXITIN; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OXACILLIN; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 50249120187     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.46992-0     Document Type: Article

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