Evaluation of the vitek 2 AST-P559 card for detection of oxacillin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 4114-4115

  Torres, Eva ^a   Pérez, Sonia ^b   Villanueva, Rosa ^a   Bou, Germán ^a  

^a HOSPITAL JUAN CANALEJO   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL DO MEIXOEIRO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFOXITIN; OXACILLIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; LETTER; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OXACILLIN; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 57349170168     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01020-08     Document Type: Letter

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