Evaluation of commercial selective agars in screening for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Annals of Clinical and Laboratory Science

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 252-256

  Yang, Hee Young ^a,b   Suh, Jin Tae ^b   Lee, Hee Joo ^b  

^a Kosin University   (South Korea)

^b Kyung Hee University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Agar gel culture media; Methicillin resistance; Nosocomial infection; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

CEFOXITIN; MANNITOL;

ACINETOBACTER; AGAR MEDIUM; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; EVALUATION; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NOSE SMEAR; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGAR; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CEFOXITIN; CHROMOGENIC COMPOUNDS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MANNITOL; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NASAL MUCOSA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 77955818971     PISSN: 00917370     EISSN: 15508080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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