Comparison of Sensititre microdilution method to other standard methods for susceptibility testing of coagulase-negative staphylococci from paediatric blood cultures

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 213-216

  Drew, Richard J ^a,b   Paulus, Stéphane ^a,b  

^a ALDER HEY CHILDREN'S NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coagulase negative staphylococci; CoNS; Sensititre; Susceptibility testing

Indexed keywords

COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCI; CONS; SENSITITRE; SUSCEPTIBILITY TESTING;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CEFOXITIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; DAPTOMYCIN; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OXACILLIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HOMINIS; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 84893729946     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: 18790070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2013.09.018     Document Type: Article

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