Comparison of detection methods for heteroresistant vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus, with the population analysis profile method as the reference method

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 177-183

  Satola, Sarah W ^a,b   Farley, Monica M ^a,b   Anderson, Karen F ^c   Patel, Jean B ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ATLANTA VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

AGAR DIFFUSION; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPSILOMETER TEST; HETERORESISTANT VANCOMYCIN INTERMEDIATE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; INOCULATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CULTURE MEDIA; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VANCOMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; OVIS ARIES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 78650861870     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01128-10     Document Type: Article

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