Evaluation of alternative disk diffusion methods for detecting mecA-mediated oxacillin resistance in an international collection of staphylococci: Validation report from the SENTRY antimicrobial surveillance program
- 31 January 2005
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier BV in Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease
- Vol. 51 (1), 57-62
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2004.08.002
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