Conventional and molecular methods for the detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 9 SUPPL., 2011, Pages

  Marlowe, Elizabeth M ^a   Bankowski, Matthew J ^b  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^b QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLINICAL LABORATORY; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CULTURE MEDIUM; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TURNAROUND TIME;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 80053177125     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00791-11     Document Type: Conference Paper

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