Failure of broth-based tests to detect methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a clinical specimen

Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2004 Apr;23(4):348-51. doi: 10.1007/s10096-004-1101-0. Epub 2004 Mar 13.

Authors

M J Schwaber¹, S Navon-Venezia, A Leavitt, Y Mekuzas, O Hammer-Münz, J Schlesinger, D Schwartz, Y Carmeli

Affiliation

¹ Division of Epidemiology and Laboratories of Molecular Epidemiology and Microbiology, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, 6 Weizmann St., Tel Aviv, 64239, Israel. [email protected]

PMID: 15024622
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-004-1101-0

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
Colony Count, Microbial
Culture Media, Conditioned
DNA, Bacterial / analysis
Humans
Male
Methicillin Resistance*
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Pemphigoid, Bullous / diagnosis
Pemphigoid, Bullous / microbiology
Polymerase Chain Reaction / methods
Sensitivity and Specificity
Skin / microbiology
Staphylococcal Infections / diagnosis
Staphylococcal Infections / drug therapy
Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification*

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Culture Media, Conditioned
DNA, Bacterial