Molecular typing on methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus by PCR-RFLP and its usefulness in an epidemiological study of an outbreak

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 250-252

  Mitani, Noriaki ^a   Koizumi, Akira ^a   Sano, Reiko ^a   Masutani, Takayuki ^a   Murakawa, Koichi ^a   Mikasa, Keiichi ^a   Okamoto, Yasuyuki ^a  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

STAPHYLOCOCCUS PROTEIN A;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; EPIDEMIC; GENE SEQUENCE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; LABORATORY TEST; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SCREENING TEST; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; COAGULASE; CROSS INFECTION; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; JAPAN; METHICILLIN; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL PROTEIN A; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 26844540797     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: 13446304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (2)

1. Mitani, N., Ohnishi, M., Masutani, T., Murakawa, K. and Okamoto, Y. (2002): Molecular typing of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus by protein A gene sequencing. Jpn. J. Infect. Dis., 55, 179-180.
2. Wichelhaus, T. A., Hunfeld, K-P., Böddinghaus, B., Kraiczy, P., Schäfer, V. and Brade, V. (2001): Rapid molecular typing of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus by PCR-RFLP. Infect. Control Hosp. Epidemiol., 22, 294-298.