Agar diffusion, agar dilution, Etest®, and agar screening test in the detection of methicillin resistance in staphylococci
- 31 May 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease
- Vol. 43 (1) , 45-48
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0732-8893(02)00359-0
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