Mannitol Salt Agar-Cefoxitin Combination as a Screening Medium for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

In disk diffusion tests, cefoxitin is now considered a better indicator than oxacillin for the presence of the mecA gene in Staphylococcus aureus. A logical extension of this work is the incorporation of cefoxitin into media selective for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). This pape...

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Main Authors: Smyth, R. W., Kahlmeter, Gunnar
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Society for Microbiology (ASM) 2005
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Bacteriology
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1233994/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16081913
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.43.8.3797-3799.2005
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