RELIABILITY OF 2 NOVEL METHODS, ALAMAR AND E-TEST, FOR DETECTION OF METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS-AUREUS

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NOVAK, SM
HINDLER, J
BRUCKNER, DA
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10.1128/JCM.31.11.3056-3057.1993
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Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 ; 100705 ;
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E test strips (AB Biodisk, Culver City, Calif.) tested on 2% NaCl-supplemented Mueller-Hinton agar and Alamar panels (Alamar, Sacramento, Calif.) correctly characterized 127 of 127 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates and 100 of 100 methicillin-susceptible S. aureus isolates. These overnight antimicrobial susceptibility test systems reliably detect this clinically important resistance.
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