Article
beta-Lactamase substrate profiles of coagulase-negative skin staphylococci from orthopaedic inpatients and staff members.
The Journal of hospital infection - 1 Nov 1992
Thore M
Abstract excerpt
Three different beta-lactamase substrate profiles were identified in 95 isolates of coagulase-negative staphylococci (CNS), of 57 different phenotypes, from 16 orthopaedic inpatients and staff members in one ward, by applying a bacterial whole-cell assay based on the hydrolysis of cefazolin, cephaloridine and nitrocefin. The typability of the assay was 93%, and 91% of the CNS isolates could be classified. To...
Topics
- Coagulase
- Humans
- Medical Staff, Hospital
- Microbial Sensitivity Tests
- Nursing Staff, Hospital
- Orthopedics
- Phenotype
- Staphylococcal Skin Infections
- Staphylococcus
- beta-Lactamases
