Short term micro-evolution and PCR-detection of methicillin-resistant and -susceptible Staphylococcus aureus sequence type 398

Willem van Wamel, Silvie Hansenová Maňásková, AC Fluit, Henri Verbrugh, AJ de Neeling, E van Duijkeren, Alex Belkum

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Abstract

Micro-evolutionary analysis of 70 ST398 isolates by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) using Cfr9I revealed three sub-clones with abundant inter- and intra-sub-clone heterogeneity in spa- and SCCmec-types. In addition, we developed two specific PCRs for the detection of Staphylococcus aureus sequence type 398 (ST 398) isolates with 100% specificity and high sensitivity.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)119-122
Number of pages4
JournalEuropean Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases
Volume29
Issue number1
Early online date2 Oct 2009
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2010

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  • EMC MM-04-28-01

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