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Genotyping of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus by assaying for the presence of variable elements associated with mecA.

Flavia Huygens1, Graeme R Nimmo, Jacqueline Schooneveldt, Wendy J Munckhof, Philip M Giffard.   

Abstract

The region surrounding mecA in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is highly variable. We describe an approach for the rapid genotyping of MRSA by assaying for the presence or absence of variable or mobile elements previously shown to be associated with the mecA region.

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Year:  2002        PMID： 12149390      PMCID： PMC120667          DOI： 10.1128/JCM.40.8.3093-3097.2002

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  J Clin Microbiol        ISSN： 0095-1137            Impact factor:   5.948


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