Assessment of the oxacillin disk screening test for determining penicillin resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae.

The 1 microgram oxacillin disk diffusion screening test was performed on 1516 recent clinical isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae obtained in a 1994-1995 U.S. surveillance study and the results compared to penicillin MICs determined using a standardized broth microdilution method. The oxacillin dis...

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Main Authors: Doern, G, Brueggemann, A, Pierce, G
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 1997