Evaluation of five phenotypic methods for detection of methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)

Iranian Journal of Pathology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 27-31

  Karami, Somayeh ^a   Rahbar, Mohammad ^b   Yousefi, Jalil Vand ^a  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b Iranian Reference Health Laboratory   (Iran)

Author keywords

Methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus; Phenotypes

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959650164     PISSN: 17355303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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