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. 2020 Mar 25;58(4):e02038-19.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.02038-19. Print 2020 Mar 25.

Difficult-To-Detect Staphylococcus aureus: mecA-Positive Isolates Associated with Oxacillin and Cefoxitin False-Susceptible Results

Amy S Gargis  1 , Brian B Yoo  1 , David R Lonsway  1 , Karen Anderson  1 , Davina Campbell  1 , Thomas O Ewing  1 , Adrian Lawsin  1 , María-José Machado  1 , Norihisa Yamamoto  1 , Alison Laufer Halpin  1 , Joseph D Lutgring  1 , Maria Karlsson  1 , J Kamile Rasheed  1 , Christopher A Elkins  2
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Difficult-To-Detect Staphylococcus aureus: mecA-Positive Isolates Associated with Oxacillin and Cefoxitin False-Susceptible Results

Amy S Gargis et al. J Clin Microbiol. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Staphylococcus aureus; antimicrobial susceptibility testing; methicillin resistance.

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