Comparison of multilocus sequence typing and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis as tools for typing Staphylococcus aureus isolates in a microepidemiological setting

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 3764-3770

  Peacock, Sharon J ^a   De Silva, G D I ^a   Justice, A ^a   Cowland, A ^a   Moore, C E ^a   Winearls, C G ^a   Day, N P J ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARRIER STATE; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MIDDLE AGED; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

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

EID: 0036791193     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.10.3764-3770.2002     Document Type: Article

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