Comparison of mecA gene-based PCR with CLSI cefoxitin and oxacillin disc diffusion methods for detecting methicillin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus clinical isolates

Soodabeh Rostami; Mojtaba Moosavian; Saeed Shoja; Maryam Torabipour; Zahra Farshadzadeh

doi:10.5897/AJMR2013.2525

African Journal of
Microbiology Research

Abbreviation: Afr. J. Microbiol. Res.
Language: English
ISSN: 1996-0808
DOI: 10.5897/AJMR
Start Year: 2007
Published Articles: 5233

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Comparison of mecA gene-based PCR with CLSI cefoxitin and oxacillin disc diffusion methods for detecting methicillin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus clinical isolates

Soodabeh Rostami1, Mojtaba Moosavian2*, Saeed Shoja1, Maryam Torabipour1 and Zahra Farshadzadeh3

1Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Iran. 2Deparment of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Infectious and Tropical Diseases Research Center, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences. Iran. 3Department of Microbiology, Tehran University of Medical Sciences. Iran.
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Article Number - 20C075B12775
Vol.7(21), pp. 2438-2441 , May 2013
https://doi.org/10.5897/AJMR2013.2525

Accepted: 26 April 2013
Published: 21 May 2013

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