Evaluation of brilliance MRSA 2 agar for detection of Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus in clinical samples

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1026-1027

  Veenemans, J ^a   Verhulst, C ^a   Punselie, R ^a   Van Keulen, P H J ^a   Kluytmans, J A J W ^a  

^a AMPHIA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; CEFOXITIN; METICILLIN;

ACCURACY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; COLONY FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DISK DIFFUSION; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; INCUBATION TEMPERATURE; INCUBATION TIME; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MECA GENE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGAR; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CHROMOGENIC COMPOUNDS; COLOR; CULTURE MEDIA; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 84874086007     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02995-12     Document Type: Article

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