| Literature DB >> 16455927 |
M Aires-de-Sousa1, K Boye, H de Lencastre, A Deplano, M C Enright, J Etienne, A Friedrich, D Harmsen, A Holmes, X W Huijsdens, A M Kearns, A Mellmann, H Meugnier, J K Rasheed, E Spalburg, B Strommenger, M J Struelens, F C Tenover, J Thomas, U Vogel, H Westh, J Xu, W Witte.
Abstract
Current DNA amplification-based typing methods for bacterial pathogens often lack interlaboratory reproducibility. In this international study, DNA sequence-based typing of the Staphylococcus aureus protein A gene (spa, 110 to 422 bp) showed 100% intra- and interlaboratory reproducibility without extensive harmonization of protocols for 30 blind-coded S. aureus DNA samples sent to 10 laboratories. Specialized software for automated sequence analysis ensured a common typing nomenclature.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID: 16455927 PMCID: PMC1392649 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.44.2.619-621.2006
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN: 0095-1137 Impact factor: 5.948