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Comparison of DNA sequencing of the protein A gene polymorphic region with other molecular typing techniques for typing two epidemiologically diverse collections of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Feb 2001
Oliveira D C, Crisóstomo I, Santos-Sanches I, Major P, Alves C R, Aires-de-Sousa M, Thege M K, de Lencastre H
Abstract excerpt
The aim of this study was to compare the recently developed typing approach for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) based on the DNA sequencing of the protein A gene polymorphic region (spaA typing) with a combination of three well-established molecular typing techniques: ClaI-mecA vicinity polymorphisms, ClaI-Tn554 insertion patterns, and SmaI pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) profiles. In...
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