Evaluation of chromogenic media for detection of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1040-1046

  Malhotra Kumar, Surbhi ^a   Abrahantes, José Cortinas ^b   Sabiiti, Wilber ^a   Lammens, Christine ^a   Vercauteren, Greetje ^a   Ieven, Margareta ^a,c   Molenberghs, Geert ^b   Aerts, Marc ^b   Goossens, Herman ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; CHROMOGENIC SUBSTRATE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; INGUINAL REGION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CULTURE MEDIA; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; GROIN; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NOSE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 77950501525     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01745-09     Document Type: Article

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