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.
journal_name
J Clin Microbioljournal_title
Journal of clinical microbiologyauthors
Huygens F,Nimmo GR,Schooneveldt J,Munckhof WJ,Giffard PMdoi
10.1128/jcm.40.8.3093-3097.2002subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2002-08-01 00:00:00pages
3093-7issue
8eissn
0095-1137issn
1098-660Xjournal_volume
40pub_type
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