Multiple-locus variable number tandem repeat analysis of Staphylococcus aureus: Comparison with pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and spa-typing

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Schouls, Leo M ^a   Spalburg, Emile C ^a   van Luit, Martijn ^a   Huijsdens, Xander W ^a   Pluister, Gerlinde N ^a   van Santen Verheuvel, Marga G ^a   van der Heide, Han G J ^a   Grundmann, Hajo ^a   Heck, Max E O C ^a   de Neeling, Albert J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC DATABASE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SWINE; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT; GENETICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TANDEM REPEAT;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUIDAE;

FLUORESCENT DYE;

ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FLUORESCENT DYES; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES;

EID: 64549092847     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0005082     Document Type: Article

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