Evaluation of CHROMagar Staph. aureus, a new chromogenic medium, for isolation and presumptive identification of Staphylococcus aureus from human clinical specimens.

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Published in J Clin Microbiol on April 01, 2000

Authors

O Gaillot1, M Wetsch, N Fortineau, P Berche

Author Affiliations

1: Laboratoire de Bactériologie-Virologie, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, Paris, France.

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