Evaluation of the Copan ESwab transport system for the detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: a laboratory and clinical study

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 108-111

  Smismans, Annick ^a   Verhaegen, Jan ^b   Schuermans, Annette ^b   Frans, Johan ^a  

^a IMELDA HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

ESwab; MRSA; Preanalytic; Specimen collection; Staphylococcus aureus; Swab; Transport

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SCREENING;

CARRIER STATE; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 70049104591     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2009.06.015     Document Type: Article

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