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Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis Typing of Oxacillin-Resistant<i>Staphylococcus aureus</i>Isolates from the United States: Establishing a National Database
1 Nov 2003
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Oxacillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (ORSA) is a virulent pathogen responsible for both health care-associated and community onset disease. We used SmaI-digested genomic DNA separated by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) to characterize 957 S. aureus isolates and establish a database of PFGE patterns. In addition to PFGE patterns of U.S. strains, the database contains patterns of representative...
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