Cefoxitin disc diffusion test for detection of meticillin-resistant staphylococci

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 957-961

  Jain, Amita ^a   Agarwal, Astha ^a   Verma, Raj Kumar ^a  

^a KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFOXITIN; OXACILLIN;

AGAR DILUTION; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISK DIFFUSION; HOSPITAL; MECA GENE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CEFOXITIN; HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 50249167807     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.47152-0     Document Type: Article

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