Determining the genetic structure of the natural population of Staphylococcus aureus: A comparison of multilocus sequence typing with pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, randomly amplified polymorphic DNA analysis, and phage typing

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 4544-4546

  Grundmann, Hajo ^a,d   Hori, Satoshi ^a   Enright, Mark C ^b   Webster, Carol ^a   Tami, Adriana ^a   Feil, Edward J ^b   Pitt, Tyrone ^c  

^a NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SAMPLING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; DNA, BACTERIAL; ECOSYSTEM; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; HUMANS; NOSE; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGES;

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

EID: 0036900594     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.12.4544-4546.2002     Document Type: Article

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