Comparison of the performance of Disk diffusion, Agar screening and E-test methods with Real-time PCR for the detection of methicillin resistant coagulase negative Staphylococcus strains isolated from clinical samples of Shahrekord university hospitals, 2008
Background: Coagulase Negative staphylococci (CoNS) are nosocomial pathogens. The main objective of the study was to compare the performance of disk diffusion, E-test and agar screening methods with Real-time PCR technique for detection of methicillin resistance in coagulase negative staphylococci (...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Bushehr University of Medical Sciences
2012-06-01
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| Series: | Iranian South Medical Journal |
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| Online Access: | http://ismj.bpums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-3-257&slc_lang=en&sid=1 |