Whole genome sequencing in the prevention and control of Staphylococcus aureus infection

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 14-21

  Price, J R ^a   Didelot, X ^b   Crook, D W ^c   Llewelyn, M J ^a   Paul, J ^a  

^a ROYAL SUSSEX COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Outbreak investigation; Staphylococcus aureus; Typing; Whole genome sequencing

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; EPIDEMIC; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION CONTROL PRACTITIONER; INFECTION PREVENTION; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CROSS INFECTION; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84870977260     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: 15322939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2012.10.003     Document Type: Review

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