Performance of MicroScan Walkaway and Vitek 2 for detection of oxacillin resistance in a set of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates with diverse genetic backgrounds

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2623-2625

  Kaase, Martin ^a   Baars, Barbara ^a   Friedrich, Susanne ^a   Szabados, Florian ^a   Gatermann, S G ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFOXITIN; OXACILLIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DRUG SCREENING; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OXACILLIN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 68549109455     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02112-08     Document Type: Article

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