Rapid identification and typing of Staphylococcus aureus by PCR- restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis of the aroA gene

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 570-574

  Marcos, Javier Yugueros ^a   Soriano, Alberto Cascón ^a   Salazar, María Sánchez ^a   Moral, Carmen Hernanz ^a   Ramos, Susana Suárez ^a   Smeltzer, Mark S ^b   Carrasco, German Naharro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 PHOSPHOSHIKIMATE 1 CARBOXYVINYLTRANSFERASE; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; CLOXACILLIN; DNA FRAGMENT; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; OXACILLIN; OXYTETRACYCLINE; PENICILLIN G; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; HUMAN; MILK; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

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

EID: 0345148792     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.3.570-574.1999     Document Type: Article

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