Molecular characterization of hospital-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains in pediatric outbreaks using variable tandem repeat analysis with spa and ClfB typing

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 213-217

  Ugolotti, Elisabetta ^a   Bandettini, Roberto ^a   Marchese, Anna ^b   Gualco, Laura ^b   Vanni, Irene ^a   Borzi, Luana ^a   Di Marco, Eddi ^a   Castagnola, Elio ^a   Melioli, Giovanni ^a   Biassoni, Roberto ^a  

^a G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

ClfB; MRSA; Repeat assay analysis; S. aureus protein A; Sequence typing

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CLUMPING FACTOR B PROTEIN; METICILLIN; PROTEIN A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HOSPITAL INFECTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL PROTEIN A;

EID: 78651456573     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2010.08.015     Document Type: Article

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