Rapid cost-effective subtyping of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus by denaturing HPLC

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1053-1060

  Jury, F ^a   Al Mahrous, M ^b   Apostolou, M ^b   Sandiford, S ^b   Fox, A ^c   Ollier, W ^a   Upton, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DENATURING HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SPA GENE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GREAT BRITAIN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; NUCLEIC ACID DENATURATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL PROTEIN A; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 33747045296     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.46409-0     Document Type: Article

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