Comparison of arbitrarily primed-polymerase chain reaction and pulse-field gel electrophoresis for characterizing methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 62-67

  Kondoh, K ^a   Furuya, D ^a   Yagihashi, A ^a   Uehara, N ^a   Nakamura, M ^a   Kobayashi, D ^a   Tsuji, N ^a   Watanabe, N ^a  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CHAINS; ELECTROPHORESIS;

CLASSIFIEDS; CLINICAL ISOLATES; GENOTYPING METHODS; JAPANESE UNIVERSITIES; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PULSE FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; REACTION FIELDS; VANCOMYCIN;

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTERIUM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENOTYPE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

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

EID: 0036305708     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-765X.2002.01140.x     Document Type: Article

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