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. 1972 Mar;23(3):649-50.
doi: 10.1128/am.23.3.649-650.1972.

Rapid capillary tube method for detecting penicillin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus

I G Rosen, J Jacobson, R Rudderman

Rapid capillary tube method for detecting penicillin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus

I G Rosen et al. Appl Microbiol. 1972 Mar.

Abstract

A simple, rapid capillary tube test to discriminate between penicillin-resistant and -sensitive Staphylococcus aureus is presented. This test detects penicillinase in noninduced primary isolates from blood-agar plates.

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