Detection of macrolide and disinfectant resistance genes in clinical Staphylococcus aureus and coagulase-negative staphylococci

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 4, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Zmantar, Tarek ^a   Kouidhi, Bochra ^a   Miladi, Hanene ^a   Bakhrouf, Amina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Coagulase negative Staphylococci; Multidrug resistance; qac; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 80054900690     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-4-453     Document Type: Article

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