Evaluating the usefulness of spa typing, in comparison with pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, for epidemiological typing of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a low-prevalence region in Sweden 2000-2004

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 456-462

  Petersson, A C ^a   Olsson Liljequist, B ^b   Miorner H ^a   Haeggman S ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

MRSA; PFGE; Spa typing; Surveillance; Sweden

Indexed keywords

PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPA TYPING; SWEDEN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 77952944421     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2009.02881.x     Document Type: Article

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