Comparison of phenotypic methods in predicting methicillin resistance in coagulase-negative Staphylococcus (CoNS) from animals

Research in Veterinary Science

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 23-25

  Zhang, Yifan ^a   Wang, Xiaogang ^a   LeJeune, Jeffrey T ^b   Zervos, Marcus ^c   Bhargava, Kanika ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Henry Ford Health System Division of Infectious Diseases   (United States)

Author keywords

Animals; Coagulase negative Staphylococcus; Methicillin resistance; Phenotypic detection

Indexed keywords

CEFOXITIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2A;

AGAR DIFFUSION; AGRICULTURAL SPECIES; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BROTH DILUTION; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISK DIFFUSION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PHENOTYPE; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PREDICTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS LENTUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SCIURI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS XYLOSUS;

ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COAGULASE; METHICILLIN; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

ANIMALIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS LENTUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SCIURI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS XYLOSUS;

EID: 78650923276     PISSN: 00345288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2010.05.018     Document Type: Article

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