Comparison of multilocus sequence typing (MLST), pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE), and amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) for genetic typing of Staphylococcus aureus

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 371-375

  Melles, Damian C ^a   van Leeuwen, Willem B ^a   Snijders, Susan V ^a   Horst Kreft, Deborah ^a   Peeters, Justine K ^a   Verbrugh, Henri A ^a   van Belkum, Alex ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

AFLP; MLST; Molecular typing; PFGE; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ARTICLE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 34047262686     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2007.01.013     Document Type: Article

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