Comparison of the BD Phoenix system with the cefoxitin disk diffusion test for detection of methicillin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus and coagulase-negative staphylococci.
J Clin Microbiol
; 47(7): 2288-91, 2009 Jul.
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| ID: mdl-19439535
ABSTRACT
The BD Phoenix system was compared to the cefoxitin disk diffusion test for detection of methicillin (meticillin) resistance in 1,066 Staphylococcus aureus and 1,121 coagulase-negative staphylococcus (CoNS) clinical isolates. The sensitivity for Phoenix was 100%. The specificities were 99.86% for S. aureus and 88.4% for CoNS.
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Colección:
01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Staphylococcus
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Cefoxitina
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Resistencia a la Meticilina
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Antibacterianos
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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Evaluation_studies
Límite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Clin Microbiol
Año:
2009
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Italia