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Epidemiology of Staphylococcus aureus food isolates: Comparison of conventional methods with whole genome sequencing typing methods.
Food microbiology - 1 Jan 2025
Vingadassalon Noémie, Merda Déborah, Felten Arnaud, Chesnais Virginie, Kourtis Christos, Van Nieuwenhuysen Tom, Nia Yacine, Hennekinne Jacques-Antoine, Cavaiuolo Marina
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A variety of methods exists for typing bacteria. However, guidelines for the application and interpretation of typing tools in epidemiologic investigations of Staphylococcus aureus are lacking. This study aimed to identify appropriate typing methods for S. aureus population studies and outbreak investigation. We compared pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE), seven loci multi-locus sequence typing (MLST), core...
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