Journal article
Accuracy of reporting of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a provincial quality control program: a 9-year study
Abstract
We report the results of a province-wide quality control program in which five methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains were circulated to all Ontario laboratories (hospital, private, and public health laboratories) on nine occasions between 1980 and 1989. The level of expression of methicillin resistance in each of the isolates was determined by performing viable colony counts on serial dilutions of methicillin in agar, and each …
Authors
Mackenzie AM; Richardson H; Missett P; Wood DE; Groves DJ
Journal
Journal of Clinical Microbiology, Vol. 31, , pp. 1275–1279
Publication Date
5 1993
ISSN
0095-1137