Evaluation of spa typing for the classification of clinical methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 364-367

  Furuya, Daisuke ^a,b   Tsuji, Naoki ^a,b,c   Kuribayashi, Kageaki ^a,b,c   Tanaka, Maki ^a,b,c   Hosono, Yukie ^b   Uehara, Nobuyuki ^a,b   Watanabe, Naoki ^a,b,c  

^a Division of Laboratory Diagnosis   (Japan)

^b SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN A;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOCUS; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES;

EID: 77957748626     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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