Detection of novel chromosome-SCCmec variants in Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus and their inclusion in PCR based screening

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 4, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Van Der Zee, Anneke ^a   Roorda, Lieuwe ^a   Hendriks, Willem D H ^a   Ossewaarde, Jacobus M ^a,b   Buitenwerf, Johannes ^a  

^a Maasstad Hospital Rotterdam   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 79957526404     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-4-150     Document Type: Article

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