Genotyping of epidemic methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus phage type 15 isolates by fluorescent amplified-fragment length polymorphism analysis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 3198-3203

  Grady, Ruth ^a   Desai, Meeta ^a   O'Neill, Gael ^a   Cookson, Barry ^a   Stanley, John ^a  

^a CENTRAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; GENOTYPE; INFECTION CONTROL; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

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

EID: 0032865021     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.10.3198-3203.1999     Document Type: Article

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