Automated Scoring of Chromogenic Media for Detection of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus by Use of WASPLab Image Analysis Software

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 620-624

  Faron, Matthew L ^a   Buchan, Blake W ^a,b   Vismara, Chiara ^c   Lacchini, Carla ^c   Bielli, Alessandra ^c   Gesu, Giovanni ^c   Liebregts, Theo ^d   Van Bree, Anita ^d   Jansz, Arjan ^d   Soucy, Genevieve ^e   Korver, John ^f   Ledeboer, Nathan A ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b Diagnostic Laboratories   (United States)

^c OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

^d Stichting Laboratoria voor Pathologie en Medische Microbiologie   (Netherlands)

^e LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f HAMILTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR MEDIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHROMOGENIC MEDIUM; DIGITAL IMAGING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SOFTWARE; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; EVALUATION STUDY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROCEDURES; SOFTWARE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

CHROMOGENIC SUBSTRATE; CULTURE MEDIUM;

AUTOMATION, LABORATORY; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CHROMOGENIC COMPOUNDS; CULTURE MEDIA; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFTWARE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 84959505663     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02778-15     Document Type: Article

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