Clinical evaluation of Oxoid Brilliance MRSA Agar in comparison with bioMérieux MRSA ID medium for detection of livestock-associated meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 905-908

  Verkade, Erwin ^a,b   Ferket, Marianne ^a   Kluytmans, Jan ^a,b,c  

^a AMPHIA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b CPRLab   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR MEDIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BROTH DILUTION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LIVESTOCK; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THROAT CULTURE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CULTURE MEDIA; HUMANS; LIVESTOCK; METHICILLIN; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NOSE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHARYNX; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SWINE; VETERINARIANS;

EID: 79959526457     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.021964-0     Document Type: Article

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