Cost-effectiveness and efficacy of spa, SCCmec, and PVL genotyping of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus as compared to pulsed-field gel electrophoresis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Li, Vincent ^a   Chui, Linda ^a,b   Louie, Lisa ^c   Simor, Andrew ^c   Golding, George R ^d   Louie, Marie ^a,e  

^a PROVINCIAL LABORATORY FOR PUBLIC HEALTH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PROTEIN A;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHROMOSOME; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIC; GENOTYPE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PVL GENE; SCCMEC GENE; SPA GENE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL CASSETTE CHROMOSOME; VALIDATION PROCESS;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; ELECTROPHORESIS; EXOTOXINS; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUES; LEUKOCIDINS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL PROTEIN A;

EID: 84896721002     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0079149     Document Type: Article

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