Identification of coagulase-negative staphylococci by using the BD Phoenix system in the low-inoculum mode

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3826-3828

  Brigante, Gioconda ^b   Menozzi, Maria Grazia ^c   Pini, Beatrice ^b   Porta, Rosaria ^a   Somenzi, Pietro ^c   Sciacca, Agata ^d   Spanu, Teresa ^a   Stefani, A ^d  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BD PHOENIX SYSTEM; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; INOCULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HAEMOLYTICUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SAPROPHYTICUS; TUF GENE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; COAGULASE; HUMANS; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTOR TU; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 55849097640     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00877-08     Document Type: Article

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