Use of Vitek 2 antimicrobial susceptibility profile to identify mecC in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2732-2734

  Cartwright, Edward J P ^a,b,c   Paterson, Gavin K ^a   Raven, Kathy E ^a   Harrison, Ewan M ^a   Gouliouris, Theodore ^a,b,c   Kearns, Angela ^b   Pichon, Bruno ^b   Edwards, Giles ^d   Skov, Robert L ^e   Larsen, Anders R ^e   Holmes, Mark A ^a   Parkhill, Julian ^f   Peacock, Sharon J ^a,b,c,f   Török, M Estée ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d STOBHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^f WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFOXITIN; OXACILLIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; MECC GENE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84880575722     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00847-13     Document Type: Article

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