Prospective genotyping of hospital-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates by use of a novel, highly discriminatory binary typing system

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 3513-3519

  O'Sullivan, Matthew V N ^a   Zhou, Fei ^a   Sintchenko, Vitali ^a   Gilbert, Gwendolyn L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METICILLIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HYBRIDIZATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; REVERSE LINE BLOT HYBRIDIZATION; SPA GENE; WARD;

CROSS INFECTION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 84867528022     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01625-12     Document Type: Article

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