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Genotypic versus phenotypic characterization, with respect to susceptibility and identification, of 17 clinical isolates of Staphylococcus lugdunensis.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy - 1 Aug 2005
Mateo María, Maestre Juan-Ramón, Aguilar Lorenzo, Cafini Fabio, Puente Pilar, Sánchez Paloma, Alou Luis, Giménez María-José, Prieto José
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OBJECTIVES: To compare different methods for the identification and determination of susceptibility to penicillin and methicillin of Staphylococcus lugdunensis. METHODS: Seventeen clinical isolates of S. lugdunensis (identified by PCR amplification and sequencing of the rpoB gene) were studied using the ATB32-Staph, Crystal, Vitek 2 and Wider commercial systems. The clumping factor test and the tube coagulase...
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