Two distinct clones of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) with the same USA300 pulsed-field gel electrophoresis profile: A potential pitfall for identification of USA300 community-associated MRSA

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 3765-3768

  Larsen, Anders Rhod ^a,f   Goering, Richard ^b   Stegger, Marc ^a   Lindsay, Jodi A ^c   Gould, Katherine A ^c   Hinds, Jason ^c   Sørum, Marit ^a   Westh, Henrik ^d,e   Boye, Kit ^d   Skov, Robert ^a  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^b CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^f LEO PHARMA A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CLONE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

IVA; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 70449642816     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00934-09     Document Type: Article

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