Identification of a new methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strain that cannot be assigned to any known spa type.
Reischauer M, Bernkopf M, Webersinke C
Institut für allgemeine Pathologie und Neuropathologie, Labor für Molekularbiologie, LNK Wagner-Jauregg, Wagner-Jaureggweg 15, A-4020 Linz, Austria.
spa typing is a method used in molecular typing of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Due to the lack of an amplification product in one of 55 MRSA cases, a new PCR setup, which allows an indicative description of a previously unknown type, was performed.
Published 1 February 2010 in J Clin Microbiol, 48(2): 626-7.
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