Correlation of cefoxitin MICs with the presence of mecA in Staphylococcus spp.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1902-1905

  Swenson, Jana M ^a,l   Brasso, William B ^b   Ferraro, Mary Jane ^c   Hardy, Dwight J ^d   Knapp, Cynthia C ^e   Lonsway, David ^a   McAllister, Sigrid ^a   Reller, L Barth ^f   Sader, Helio S ^g   Shortridge, Dee ^h   Skov, Robert ⁱ   Weinstein, Melvin P ^j   Zimmer, Barbara L ^k   Patel, Jean B ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b BD Diagnostic Systems   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Trek Diagnostic Systems   (United States)

^f DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g JMI LABORATORIES   (United States)

^h BIOMÉRIEUX   (France)

ⁱ STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^j ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^k Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics   (United States)

^l Mailstop G08 ^*  (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BROTH DILUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; INCUBATION TIME; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CEFOXITIN; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 66749134664     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02304-08     Document Type: Article

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