Typing of Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis strains by PCR analysis of Inter-IS256 spacer length polymorphisms

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 2580-2587

  Deplano, Ariane ^a,b   Vaneechoutte, Mario ^c   Verschraegen, Gerda ^c   Struelens, Marc J ^a,b  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; RIBOTYPING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TRANSPOSON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 0030764933     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.10.2580-2587.1997     Document Type: Article

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