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ArticleJournal of clinical microbiology2008

Novel multiple-locus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis method for rapid molecular typing of human Staphylococcus aureus.

Risma Ikawaty, Rob J L Willems, Adrienne T A Box, Jan Verhoef, Ad C Fluit

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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 10 papers.

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10 citing papers in PubMed.

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Authors and funding

5 authors.

Risma IkawatyDepartment of Medical Microbiology, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Rob J L Willems
Adrienne T A Box
Jan Verhoef
Ad C Fluit

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We evaluated the use of a novel multiple-locus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis (MLVA) method for typing of human Staphylococcus aureus. For a total of 150 clinical isolates, MLVA demonstrated the highest discriminatory power. MLVA correctly assigned isolates to outbreaks or identified isolates as unlinked. MLVA is a rapid and simple method for the epidemiological typing of S. aureus.

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Bacterial Typing TechniquesGenes, BacterialHumansMinisatellite RepeatsStaphylococcal InfectionsStaphylococcus aureus

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PMID18650364
PMCPMC2546758

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