Assessment of resolution and intercenter reproducibility of results of genotyping Staphylococcus aureus by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis of SmaI macrorestriction fragments: A multicenter study

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1653-1659

  Van Belkum, Alex ^a   Van Leeuwen, Willem ^a   Kaufmann, Mary Elizabeth ^b   Cookson, Barry ^b   Forey, Françoise ^c   Etienne, Jerome ^c   Goering, Richard ^d   Tenover, Fred ^e   Steward, Christine ^e   O'Brien, Frances ^f   Grubb, Warren ^f   Tassios, Panayotis ^g   Legakis, Nicholas ^g   Morvan, Anne ^h   El Solh, Névine ^h   De Ryck, Raf ⁱ   Struelens, Marc ⁱ   Salmenlinna, Saara ^j   Vuopio Varkila, Jaana ^j   Kooistra, Mirjam ^k   Talens, Adriaan ^k   Witte, Wolfgang ^l   Verbrugh, Henri ^a   more..

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b CENTRAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c EDOUARD HERRIOT HOSPITAL   (France)

^d CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^f CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^h INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

ⁱ ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^j NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^k Public Health Service of Groningen   (Netherlands)

^l ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; METICILLIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOTYPE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT;

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

EID: 0031968574     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.6.1653-1659.1998     Document Type: Article

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