Rapid first-line discrimination of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains using MALDI-TOF MS

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 305, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 838-847

  Østergaard, Claus ^a   Hansen, Sanne G K ^a,b   Møller, Jens K ^a  

^a LILLEBAELT HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

MALDI TOF MS; MRSA; Outbreak; Staphylococcus aureus; Typing

Indexed keywords

STAPHYLOCOCCUS PROTEIN A;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR TYPING; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPA GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PROCEDURES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TIME FACTOR;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84983095590     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: 16180607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2015.08.002     Document Type: Article

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