Comparison of three phenotypic techniques for detection of methicillin resistance in Staphylococcus spp. reveals a species-dependent performance

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 493-496

  John, Michael A ^a,b   Burden, Julia ^a   Stuart, J Ian ^a   Reyes, Romina C ^a   Lannigan, Robert ^a,b   Milburn, Sue ^a   Diagre, Deb ^a   Wilson, Bev ^a   Hussain, Zafar ^a,b  

^a LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^b WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cefoxitin screen; Detection of methicillin susceptibility in staphylococci; Susceptibility screen

Indexed keywords

CEFOXITIN; CEPHAMYCIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2A;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISK DIFFUSION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS CAPITIS CAPITIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS CAPITIS UREALYTICUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS CAPRAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS COHNII COHNII; STAPHYLOCOCCUS COHNII UREALYTICUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HAEMOLYTICUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HOMINIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS LUGDUNENSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS NOVOBIOSEPTICUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SAPROPHYTICUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SCHLEIFERI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SIMULANS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS WARNERI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS XYLOSUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CEFOXITIN; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OXACILLIN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 60649097942     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkn527     Document Type: Article

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