Comparison of typing results obtained for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates with the DiversiLab system and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2452-2457

  Tenover, Fred C ^a,d   Gay, Emily A ^b   Frye, Stacie ^c   Eells, Samantha J ^b,e   Healy, Mimi ^c   McGowan Jr , John E ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Bacterial Barcodes Inc   (United States)

^d CEPHEID   (United States)

^e LOS ANGELES BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLONE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SCREENING;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; UNITED STATES;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 68549115241     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00476-09     Document Type: Article

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