Evaluation of protein A gene polymorphic region DNA sequencing for typing of Staphylococcus aureus strains

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 3556-3563

  Shopsin, B ^a,b   Gomez, M ^a   Montgomery, S O ^c   Smith, D H ^c   Waddington, M ^d   Dodge, D E ^c   Bost, D A ^c   Riehman, M ^c   Naidich, S ^e   Kreiswirth, B N ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c APPLIED BIOSYSTEMS   (United States)

^d MIDI Inc   (United States)

^e eGenomics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXACILLIN; PROTEIN A;

ARTICLE; DATA BASE; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN POLYMORPHISM; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STANDARDIZATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0032881231     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.11.3556-3563.1999     Document Type: Article

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