Performance of Oxoid Brilliance™ MRSA medium for detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: an in vitro study

Oxoid Brilliance™ MRSA was evaluated for its ability to identify methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. A well-defined collection of staphylococci was used (n = 788). After 20 h incubation, the sensitivity was 99.6% and the specificity was 97.3%. This new medium is a highly sensitive method of...

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Autores principales: Verkade, E., Elberts, S., Verhulst, C., Kluytmans, J.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer-Verlag 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2773835/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19756786
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10096-009-0802-9

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2773835/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19756786
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10096-009-0802-9

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