Laboratory detection methods for methicillin resistance in coagulase negative Staphylococcus isolated from ophthalmic infections Métodos laboratoriais para a detecção da resistência à meticilina nos Staphylococcus coagulase negativos de infecções oculares

PURPOSE: To evaluate different methods of oxacillin susceptibility testing of ocular isolates, considering polymerase chain reaction (PCR) as the 'gold standard', and to compare the in vitro susceptibility to oxacillin with that of other antimicrobials used in ophthalmologic practice. METH...

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Main Authors: Adália Dias Dourado Oliveira, Pedro Alves d'Azevedo, Luciene Barbosa de Sousa, Cristina Viana-Niero, Waldemar Francisco, Cláudio Lottenberg, Marines Dalla Valle Martino, Ana Luisa Höfling-Lima
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Conselho Brasileiro de Oftalmologia 2007-08-01
Series:Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-27492007000400018