Clinical evaluation of the Copan ESwab for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus detection and culture of wounds

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 943-949

  Saegeman, V ^a   Flamaing, J ^a   Muller, J ^a   Peetermans, W E ^a   Stuyck, J ^a   Verhaegen, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BURN; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; ENTEROCOCCUS; GRAM STAINING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAMPLER; SCREENING TEST; WOUND ASSESSMENT;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 80051551129     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: 14354373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-011-1178-1     Document Type: Article

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