Sequence-based spa typing as a rapid screening method for the areal and nosocomial outbreaks of MRSA

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 218, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 207-213

  Narukawa, Munetoshi ^a   Yasuoka, Akira ^a   Note, Ryougo ^b   Funada, Hisashi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^b TOYAMA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

MRSA outbreak; PFGE; Rapid analysis; Single polymorphic locus sequence based typing method; Spa typing

Indexed keywords

STAPHYLOCOCCUS PROTEIN A;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EPIDEMIC; GENE SEQUENCE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS INFECTION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PATHOGENICITY; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; TIME;

CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL PROTEIN A; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 68849117404     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: 13493329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.218.207     Document Type: Article

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