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[Evaluation of three methods for genotyping of nosocomial methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates].
Mikrobiyoloji bulteni - 1 Oct 2004
Sener Kenan, Saraçli Mehmet Ali, Açikel Cengiz Han, Doğanci Levent
Abstract excerpt
Plasmid profile analysis (PPA), random amplification of polymorphic DNA (RAPD) and pulsed field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) are the three most valuable epidemiological tools for genotyping of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains. Aim of this study was to evaluate these three methods in respect to their cost, reproducibility, and discriminatory power. Eighty one nosocomial MRSA isolates with...
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