ArticleJournal of clinical microbiology2008
spa Typing of Staphylococcus aureus as a frontline tool in epidemiological typing.
Article in Journal of clinical microbiology, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 118 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
118 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Comprehensive in silico genomics analysis of global trends and host-specific emergence of aminoglycoside resistance in Staphylococcus aureus: a One-Health perspective.BMC microbiology · 2026Pooled it
- The combination of amoxicillin-clavulanic acid and ketoconazole in the treatment of Madurella mycetomatis eumycetoma and Staphylococcus aureus co-infection.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2014Trial
- Staphylococcus aureus sequence type 71 is a chimera that emerged twice.BMC genomics · 2026Article
- Combating Foodborne MRSA: Identification and Silver Nanoparticle-Based Antibacterial Strategies with Antibiotic Synergy and Resistance Evolution Assessment.Microorganisms · 2025Article
- Phenotypic and Genotypic Characterization ofPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- 20 years later: unravelling the genomic success of New Zealand's home-grown AK3 community-associated methicillin-resistantMicrobial genomics · 2025Article
- Prevalence and Characterization ofFoods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Methicillin-sensitiveMicrobial genomics · 2025Article
- Asymptomatic carriage and molecular characterization of Staphylococcus aureus in pre-clinical and clinical medical students.Folia microbiologica · 2025Article
- Molecular characterization and antimicrobial-resistance gene profile ofVeterinary world · 2025Article
- Antimicrobial Resistance, Virulence Gene Profiling, and Spa Typing ofPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Molecular Characterization of ChimericMicroorganisms · 2024Article
- Genomic epidemiology of mecC-carrying Staphylococcus aureus isolates from human clinical cases in New Zealand.Access microbiology · 2024Article
- Occurrence and Patterns of Enterotoxin Genes,Microorganisms · 2023Article
- Mandatory Notification of Panton-Valentine Leukocidin-Positive Methicillin-ResistantMicroorganisms · 2023Article
- Antimicrobial resistance and molecular typing ofPeerJ · 2023Article
- The Relative ofArchives of Razi Institute · 2022Article
- Prevalence, Infectious Characteristics and Genetic Diversity ofPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Phylogenetic relatedness of methicillin-resistantIJID regions · 2022Article
- Article
58 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
7 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
We determined the value of spa typing in combination with BURP (based upon repeat pattern) grouping analysis as a frontline tool in the epidemiological typing of Staphylococcus aureus, based on a random collection of 1,459 clinical isolates sent to the German Reference Centre for Staphylococci within a 6-month period. The application was found to be helpful for the classification of isolates into the particular clonal lineages currently prevalent in Germany. Due to its major advantages because of the ease of interpretation and the exchangeability of the results, the use of spa typing greatly simplifies communication between laboratories on both the national and the international levels. Thus, it is an excellent tool for national and international surveillance of S. aureus as well as for analysis of the short-term local epidemiology. However, to overcome the limitations of the BURP grouping method in terms of typing accuracy and discriminatory power, the results of the default BURP grouping method must be interpreted with caution. Additional markers, like staphylococcal chromosomal cassette mec, lineage-specific genes, or alternative DNA polymorphisms, are indispensable. They should be selected by dependence on the clonal lineage indicated by spa typing and subsequent BURP analysis as well as on the basis of the particular question to be addressed.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.