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Validation of virulence and epidemiology DNA microarray for identification and characterization of Staphylococcus aureus isolates.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 May 2008
Spence Richard P, Wright Victoria, Ala-Aldeen Dlawer A A, Turner David P, Wooldridge Karl G, James Richard
Abstract excerpt
The human pathogen Staphylococcus aureus is isolated and characterized using traditional culture and sensitivity methodologies that are slow and offer limited information on the organism. In contrast, DNA microarray technology can provide detailed, clinically relevant information on the isolate by detecting the presence or absence of a large number of virulence-associated genes simultaneously in a single assay....
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