Assessment of different tests to detect methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 801-806

  Tiwari, Hare Krishna ^a   Sapkota, Darshan ^b   Das, Ayan Kumar ^b   Sen, Malay Ranjan ^c  

^a MANIPAL COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Nepal)

^b Universal College of Medical Sciences   (Nepal)

^c BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CEFOXITIN; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; MECA PROTEIN, STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; OXACILLIN;

ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISK DIFFUSION; EVALUATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHODOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CEFOXITIN; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISK DIFFUSION ANTIMICROBIAL TESTS; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; OXACILLIN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 68649089799     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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