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Molecular identification and genotyping of MRSA isolates.
FEMS immunology and medical microbiology - 1 Nov 2009
Makgotlho Phuti E, Kock Marleen M, Hoosen Anwar, Lekalakala Ruth, Omar Shaheed, Dove Michael, Ehlers Marthie M
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The aim of this study was to identify and characterize 97 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolates. Two conventional multiplex PCR assays, a real-time PCR assay and two PCR-based genotyping techniques including the spa- and hypervariable region (HVR)-typing methods were used to identify and characterize 97 MRSA strains isolated between April 2006 to September 2007 from the Steve Biko Academic...
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