Detection of low-level methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus with commercially available tests
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- PMCID: PMC165329
- DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.7.3458.2003
Detection of low-level methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus with commercially available tests
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Evaluation of three techniques for detection of low-level methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA): a disk diffusion method with cefoxitin and moxalactam, the Vitek 2 system, and the MRSA-screen latex agglutination test.J Clin Microbiol. 2002 Aug;40(8):2766-71. doi: 10.1128/JCM.40.8.2766-2771.2002. J Clin Microbiol. 2002. PMID: 12149327 Free PMC article.
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