Evaluation of the BD GeneOhm MRSA and VanR assays as a rapid screening tool for detection of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus and vancomycin-resistant enterococci in a tertiary hospital in Saudi Arabia

International Journal of Microbiology

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Hassan, H ^a,b   Shorman, M ^a  

^a KING FAHAD SPECIALIST HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^b ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTEROCOCCUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84855569686     PISSN: 1687918X     EISSN: 16879198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2011/861514     Document Type: Article

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