Diagnostic Nonmolecular

Wednesday, 10 September 2008 15:00 - 16:30, Halls B, C and D

Evaluation of 3M™ Baclite™ rapid MRSA detection kit for use with environmental specimens from an Irish hospital setting
  • Orla Sherlock, Department of Clinical Microbiology, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9., Ireland
Evalution of methods for the detection of MRSA in patients of Botucatu Medical School Hospital, São Paulo, Brazil
  • Maria de Lourdes Ribeiro de Souza Cunha, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Botucatu Institute of Biosciences, Botucatu, São Paulo State University/UNESP, SP., Brazil
A novel rapid method for the purification of human complement component 5 using SSL7 affinity chromatography
  • Ries Langley, Maurice Wilkins Centre and the School of Medical Sciences, University of Auckland., New Zealand
Antibiotic synergy testing, using Etest, on coagulase negative staphylococci isolated from prosthetic joint infections
  • Bengt Hellmark, Sweden