Spectra MRSA, a new chromogenic agar medium to screen for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 215-219

  Peterson, Jess F ^b   Riebe, Katherine M ^a   Hall, Gerri S ^c   Wilson, Deborah ^c   Whittier, Susan ^d   Palavecino, Elizabeth ^e   Ledeboer, Nathan A ^a,b  

^a DYNACARE LABORATORIES   (Canada)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^e WAKE FOREST BAPTIST HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXACILLIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGAR; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CHROMOGENIC COMPOUNDS; COLOR; CULTURE MEDIA; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; OVIS ARIES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 73949132153     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01555-09     Document Type: Article

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