Multilocus sequence typing for characterization of methicillin-resistant and methicillin-susceptible clones of Staphylococcus aureus

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 1008-1015

  Enright, Mark C ^a   Day, Nicholas P J ^b   Davies, Catrin E ^b   Peacock, Sharon J ^a,b   Spratt, Brian G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DNA; METICILLIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DNA SEQUENCE; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; INTERNET; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

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

EID: 0034005677     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.38.3.1008-1015.2000     Document Type: Article

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