Characterization of Staphylococcus aureus isolates with a partial or complete absence of staphylococcal cassette chromosome elements

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 3525-3531

  Wong, Henry ^a   Louie, Lisa ^a   Lo, Reggie Y C ^b   Simor, Andrew E ^a,c  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTEROTOXIN;

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE CASSETTE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE DELETION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; METHICILLIN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 77957778206     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00775-10     Document Type: Article

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