Performance of microcalorimetry for early detection of methicillin resistance in clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 774-776

  Baldoni, Daniela ^a   Hermann, Heinz ^a   Frei, Reno ^a   Trampuz, Andrej ^a   Steinhuber, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFOXITIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROCALORIMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CALORIMETRY; CEFOXITIN; HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TIME FACTORS;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 62749156858     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02374-08     Document Type: Article

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