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Characterization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates from Portuguese hospitals by multiple genotyping methods.
Microbial drug resistance (Larchmont, N.Y.) - 1 Jan 1996
Aires de Sousa M, Sanches I S, van Belkum A, van Leeuwen W, Verbrugh H, de Lencastre H
Abstract excerpt
One hundred and eighty-three methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolates from eight different Portuguese hospitals were genetically typed by random amplification of polymorphic DNA (RAPD) employing different oligonucleotide primers. Fourteen different RAPD genotypes were identified. A subset of the same strains was also characterized by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) and/or hybridization...
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