Development of the novel chromogenic screening medium for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 473-476

  Teramura, Hajime ^a   Sekiguchi, Jun Ichiro ^a   Shimojima, Masahiro ^b  

^a Kohjin Bio Co Ltd   (Japan)

^b BML   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Chromogenic medium; Clinical specimen; MRSA; Screening; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

ACHROMOBACTER DENITRIFICANS; ACHROMOBACTER XYLOSOXIDANS; AGAR MEDIUM; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ALCALIGENES FAECALIS; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; INCUBATION TEMPERATURE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS CHROMOGENIC SCREENING; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; SCREENING TEST; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS CAPITIS; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; DIAGNOSTIC USE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

CHROMOGENIC SUBSTRATE;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CHROMOGENIC COMPOUNDS; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 84904123719     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: 18790070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2014.05.006     Document Type: Article

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