Contribution of a typing method based on IS256 probing of SmaI-digested cellular DNA to discrimination of European phage type 77 methicillin- resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1415-1423

  Morvan, Anne ^a   Aubert, Sylvie ^a   Godard, Claudine ^b   El Solh, Névine ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

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

EID: 0030915102     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.6.1415-1423.1997     Document Type: Article

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