BD Phoenix and Vitek 2 Detection of mecA-Mediated Resistance in Staphylococcus aureus with Cefoxitin

The BD Phoenix (BD Diagnostics, Sparks, MD) and Vitek 2 (bioMérieux, Durham, NC) automated susceptibility testing systems have implemented the use of cefoxitin to enhance the detection of methicillin (meticillin)-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). To assess the impact of this change, 620 clinic...

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Main Authors: Junkins, Alan D., Lockhart, Shawn R., Heilmann, Kristopher P., Dohrn, Cassie L., Von Stein, Diana L., Winokur, Patricia L., Doern, Gary V., Richter, Sandra S.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Society for Microbiology (ASM) 2009
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Bacteriology
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2738126/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19625483
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.01109-09
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