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¹ Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
² Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA paul.edelstein@uphs.upenn.edu.

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Kristen N Johnson et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2015 Jan.

. 2015 Jan;53(1):366.

doi: 10.1128/JCM.03023-14.

¹ Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
² Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA paul.edelstein@uphs.upenn.edu.

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Detection of methicillin-resistant coagulase-negative staphylococci by the Vitek 2 system.
Johnson KN, Andreacchio K, Edelstein PH. Johnson KN, et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2014 Sep;52(9):3196-9. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01162-14. Epub 2014 Jun 20. J Clin Microbiol. 2014. PMID: 24951799 Free PMC article.
Use of alternative reference standards and exempted species to evaluate the performance of the Vitek 2 GP67 cefoxitin/oxacillin screen for coagulase-negative staphylococci.
Dunne WM Jr, Griffith R, Shortridge V. Dunne WM Jr, et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2015 Jan;53(1):365. doi: 10.1128/JCM.02771-14. J Clin Microbiol. 2015. PMID: 25524765 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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