Are variable repeats in the spa gene suitable targets for epidemiological studies of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains?

Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 1996 Sep;15(9):768-70. doi: 10.1007/BF01691972.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comment
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Genes, Bacterial* / drug effects
  • Humans
  • Methicillin Resistance*
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Recombinant Fusion Proteins / analysis
  • Staphylococcal Infections / drug therapy
  • Staphylococcal Infections / epidemiology*
  • Staphylococcus aureus / genetics*
  • Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification

Substances

  • Recombinant Fusion Proteins