Typing of Methicillin-Resistant <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> in a University Hospital Setting by Using Novel Software for <i>spa</i> Repeat Determination and Database Management

Harmsen, Dag; Claus, Heike; Witte, Wolfgang; Rothgänger, Jörg; Claus, H.; Turnwald, Doris; Vogel, Ulrich

doi:10.1128/jcm.41.12.5442-5448.2003

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Typing of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a University Hospital Setting by Using Novel Software for spa Repeat Determination and Database Management

Published in Journal of Clinical Microbiology • Dec 1, 2003

Authors:

Dag Harmsen

Heike Claus

Wolfgang Witte

Abstract

The spa gene of Staphylococcus aureus encodes protein A and is used for typing of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). We used sequence typing of the spa gene repeat region to study the epidemiology of MRSA at a German university hospital. One hundred seven and 84 strains were studied...

Subject

Typing

Multilocus sequence typing

Staphylococcus aureus

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