Progress toward rapid and accurate Staphylococcus aureus strain typing

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2074-2076

  Tang, Yi Wei ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL STRAIN; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DNA SEQUENCE; EDITORIAL; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOMICS; HOMOPLASY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DNA, BACTERIAL; FLUORESCENT DYES; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 71749118407     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: 15308561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2009.135707     Document Type: Editorial

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