An improved MLVF method and its comparison with traditional MLVF, spa typing, MLST/SCCmec and PFGE for the typing of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 725-742

  Du, Xue Fei ^a   Xiao, Meng ^b   Liang, Hong Yan ^a   Sun, Zhe ^a   Jiang, Yue Hong ^a   Chen, Guo Yu ^a   Meng, Xiao Yu ^a   Zou, Gui Ling ^a   Zhang, Li ^b   Liu, Ya Li ^b   Zhang, Hui ^b   Sun, Hong Li ^b   Jiang, Xiao Feng ^a   Xu, Ying Chun ^b  

^a HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Capillary gel electrophoresis; Genotyping; Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA); Multilocus sequence typing (MLST); Multilocus variable number tandem repeat fingerprinting (MLVF); Pulse field gel electrophoresis (PFGE); Staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DNA FINGERPRINTING; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PREDICTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; TANDEM REPEAT;

BACTERIAL DNA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PROTEIN A;

DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, CAPILLARY; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL PROTEIN A; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES;

EID: 84891870101     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms15010725     Document Type: Article

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