Identification of two borderline oxacillin-resistant strains of Staphylococcus aureus from routine nares swab specimens by one of three chromogenic agars evaluated for the detection of MRSA

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 134, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 921-927

  Buchan, Blake W ^a   Ledeboer, Nathan A ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b DYNACARE LABORATORIES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Borderline resistance; Chromogenic agar; Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; MRSA

Indexed keywords

AGAR; AMPICILLIN; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CHROMOGENIC SUBSTRATE; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINEZOLID; MOXIFLOXACIN; OXACILLIN; RIFAMPICIN; SULBACTAM; SULTAMICILLIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

AGAR; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHROMOGENIC COMPOUNDS; CROSS INFECTION; CULTURE MEDIA; HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NASAL MUCOSA; OXACILLIN; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 78649655793     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: 19437722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/AJCPO9TOID1EPUIM     Document Type: Article

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