Multilocus Sequence Typing for Characterization of Methicillin-Resistant and Methicillin-Susceptible Clones of<i>Staphylococcus aureus</i>

C. Enright, Mark; P. J. Day, Nicholas; E. Davies, Catrin; J. Peacock, Sharon; G. Spratt, Brian

doi:10.1128/jcm.38.3.1008-1015.2000

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Multilocus Sequence Typing for Characterization of Methicillin-Resistant and Methicillin-Susceptible Clones ofStaphylococcus aureus

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Mark C. Enright

Nicholas P. J. Day

Catrin E. Davies

Abstract

ABSTRACT A multilocus sequence typing (MLST) scheme has been developed for Staphylococcus aureus . The sequences of internal fragments of seven housekeeping genes were obtained for 155 S. aureus isolates from patients with community-acquired and hospital-acquired invasive disease in the Oxford, Unit...

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