Comparison of single- and multilocus sequence typing and toxin gene profiling for characterization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 3302-3308

  Cai, Yongwei ^a,b   Kong, Fanrong ^a   Wang, Qinning ^a   Tong, Zhongsheng ^a,c   Sintchenko, Vitali ^a   Zeng, Xianyu ^c   Gilbert, Gwendolyn L ^a,d  

^a Western Sydney Area Health Service   (Australia)

^b Third People's Hospital of Hangzhou   (China)

^c Wuhan First Hospital   (China)

^d WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STAPHYLOCOCCUS TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 35348872063     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01082-07     Document Type: Article

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