Molecular genotyping of Staphylococcus aureus strains: Comparison of repetitive element sequence-based PCR with various typing methods and isolation of a novel epidemicity marker

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 342-349

  Van Der Zee, Anneke ^a   Verbakel, Harold ^a   Van Zon, Johan Carlo ^a   Frenay, Ine ^b   Van Belkum, Alex ^c   Peeters, Marcel ^a   Buiting, Anton ^a   Bergmans, Anneke ^a  

^a CPRLab   (Netherlands)

^b Reg Laboratory Medical Microbiology   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA MARKER; REPETITIVE DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; EPIDEMIC; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

EID: 0032955354     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.2.342-349.1999     Document Type: Article

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