Poor value of pulsed-field gel electrophoresis to investigate long-term scale epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 145-148

  Blanc, D S ^a   Francioli, P ^a   Hauser, P M ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Electrophoresis; Molecular clock; Molecular epidemiology; Nosocomial infection

Indexed keywords

DNA; METICILLIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIGESTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; METHICILLIN; PHYLOGENY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0036889095     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1567-1348(02)00093-X     Document Type: Article

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