Identification and molecular characterization of mannitol salt positive, coagulase-negative staphylococci from nasal samples of medical personnel and students

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 317-324

  Shittu, Adebayo ^a   Lin, Johnson ^a   Morrison, Donald ^b   Kolawole, Deboye ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b STOBHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MANNITOL; RIBOSOME RNA; SPACER DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HOSPITAL LABORATORY; INTERGENIC SPACER LENGTH POLYMORPHISM ANALYSIS; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MEDICAL STUDENT; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HAEMOLYTICUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SAPROPHYTICUS;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CARRIER STATE; COAGULASE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; HUMANS; MANNITOL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NOSE; PHYSICIANS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 23S; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 33645097784     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.46072-0     Document Type: Article

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