Evaluation of adding a second marker to overcome Staphylococcus aureus spa typing homoplasies.
J Clin Microbiol
; 50(4): 1475-7, 2012 Apr.
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| ID: mdl-22259202
ABSTRACT
The utility of sequencing a second highly variable locus in addition to the spa gene (e.g., double-locus sequence typing [DLST]) was investigated to overcome limitations of a Staphylococcus aureus single-locus typing method. Although adding a second locus seemed to increase discriminatory power, it was not sufficient to definitively infer evolutionary relationships within a single multilocus sequence type (ST-5).
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Colección:
01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Contexto en salud:
1_ASSA2030
Problema de salud:
1_financiamento_saude
Asunto principal:
Staphylococcus aureus
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Marcadores Genéticos
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Tipificación de Secuencias Multilocus
Tipo de estudio:
Evaluation_studies
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Health_economic_evaluation
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Prognostic_studies
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En
Revista:
J Clin Microbiol
Año:
2012
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Article
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Suiza