Development and evaluation of a rapid strategy to determine enterotoxin gene content in Staphylococcus aureus

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 184-190

  Fischer, Adrien ^a   Francois, Patrice ^a   Holtfreter, Silva ^b   Broeker, Barbara ^b   Schrenzel, Jacques ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Enterotoxin genes; Epidemiology; Micro capillary electrophoresis; Multiplex PCR; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

ENTEROTOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOCUS; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TANDEM REPEAT;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ELECTROPHORESIS, CAPILLARY; ENTEROTOXINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TIME FACTORS;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 64549084541     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2009.01.022     Document Type: Article

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