Article
Use of the coagulase gene typing method for detection of carriers of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy - 1 Apr 1996
Lawrence C, Cosseron M, Mimoz O, Brun-Buisson C, Costa Y, Samii K, Duval J, Leclercq R
Abstract excerpt
Strains of Staphylococcus aureus can be typed on the basis of the polymorphism of the coagulase gene. DNA fragments generated after amplification by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) of the variable region of this gene and digested with the restriction enzyme HaeIII can be compared by their restric...
Topics
- Bacterial Typing Techniques
- Base Sequence
- Carrier State
- Clinical Enzyme Tests
- Coagulase
- DNA, Bacterial
- Genes, Bacterial
- Genotype
- Humans
- Methicillin Resistance
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
- Staphylococcal Infections
- Staphylococcus aureus