Article
Genetic diversification of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus as a function of prolonged geographic dissemination and as measured by binary typing and other genotyping methods.
Research in microbiology - 1 Jan 2000
van Leeuwen W, van Belkum A, Kreiswirth B, Verbrugh H
Abstract excerpt
The aim of the present study was to determine the extent of genome evolution among methicillin-resistant Staghylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains. Three different collections of strains were analysed, comprising locally, nationally and internationally disseminated genotypes. Various genotyping assays...
Topics
- Adhesins, Bacterial
- Bacterial Proteins
- Cluster Analysis
- DNA Fingerprinting
- DNA Probes
- DNA Restriction Enzymes
- DNA, Bacterial
- Demography
- Disease Outbreaks
- Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
- Evolution, Molecular
- Genes, Regulator
- Genetic Variation
- Genome, Bacterial
- Genotype
- Geography
- Humans
- Methicillin Resistance