Comparison of two multilocus variable-number tandem-repeat methods and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis for differentiating highly clonal methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 3600-3607

  Holmes, A ^a,c   Edwards, G F ^b   Girvan, E K ^b   Hannant, W ^a   Danial, J ^a   Fitzgerald, J R ^c   Templeton, K E ^a  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b STOBHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSAY; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLONAL SPECIES; CLONE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIC; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TANDEM REPEAT;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CROSS INFECTION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GEOGRAPHY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 77957758545     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01039-10     Document Type: Article

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