Combined use of ribotyping, PFGE typing and IS431 typing in the discrimination of nosocomial strains of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 687-695

  Yoshida, Tatsumi ^a   Kondo, Noriko ^a   Hanifah, Yasmin Abu ^b   Hiramatsu, Keiichi ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

IS431 type; MRSA; PFGE type; Ribotype

Indexed keywords

METICILLIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RIBOTYPING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

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

EID: 0030924111     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1997.tb01912.x     Document Type: Article

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