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Phenotypic detection of nosocomial mecA-positive coagulase-negative staphylococci from neonates.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy - 1 Sept 1999
De Giusti M, Pacifico L, Tufi D, Panero A, Boccia A, Chiesa C
Abstract excerpt
Over a 3-year period, we screened antimicrobial resistance genotype (mecA-positive or -negative) in clinically significant coagulase-negative staphylococci isolated from patients residing in our neonatal intensive care unit. For the 152 study strains, the accuracy of standard methods (agar dilution MIC, disc diffusion and agar screen tests) in detecting oxacillin resistance during 48 h of incubation was...
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