Rapid and high-throughput genotyping of Staphylococcus epidermidis isolates by automated multilocus variable-number of tandem repeats: A tool for real-time epidemiology

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 296-305

  Francois, Patrice ^a   Hochmann, Alena ^a   Huyghe, Antoine ^a   Bonetti, Eve Julie ^a   Renzi, Gesuele ^a   Harbarth, Stephan ^a   Klingenberg, Claus ^b   Pittet, Didier ^a   Schrenzel, Jacques ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Colonization; Epidemiology; Genotyping; Infection; Multiplex PCR; Staphylococcus epidermidis; VNTR

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2A;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOTYPE; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, CAPILLARY; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 39749190530     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2007.12.007     Document Type: Article

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