Molecular characterization of hospital-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains in pediatric outbreaks using variable tandem repeat analysis with spa and ClfB typing.

Ugolotti, Elisabetta; Bandettini, Roberto; Marchese, Anna; Gualco, Laura; Vanni, Irene; Borzi, Luana; Di Marco, Eddi; Castagnola, Elio; Melioli, Giovanni; Biassoni, Roberto

Ugolotti, Elisabetta; Bandettini, Roberto; Marchese, Anna; Gualco, Laura; Vanni, Irene; Borzi, Luana; Di Marco, Eddi; Castagnola, Elio; Melioli, Giovanni; Biassoni, Roberto.

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Ugolotti E; Molecular Medicine, Deparment of Experimental Medicine Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Largo G. Gaslini 5, 16147 Genoa, Italy.

Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis ; 69(2): 213-7, 2011 Feb.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21251569

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Cross Infection/epidemiology; Cross Infection/microbiology; Disease Outbreaks; Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus/genetics; Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus/isolation & purification; Staphylococcal Infections/epidemiology; Staphylococcal Infections/microbiology; Adhesins, Bacterial/genetics; Bacterial Typing Techniques; Humans; Minisatellite Repeats/genetics; Multilocus Sequence Typing; Staphylococcal Protein A/genetics

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Staphylococcal Infections / Cross Infection / Disease Outbreaks / Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Limits: Humans Language: En Journal: Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis Year: 2011 Document type: Article Affiliation country: Italy Country of publication: United States

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