Multiple-Locus Variable-Number Tandem Repeat Analysis for Typing of Staphylococcus epidermidis

Authors :: Tor Monsen
Per Gottfridsson
Johan Wiström
Anders Johansson
Satu Koskiniemi
Source :: Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 44:260-265
Publication Year :: 2006
Publisher :: American Society for Microbiology, 2006.
Abstract: We applied a high-resolution PCR-based typing method, multiple-locus variable-number tandem repeat analysis (MLVA), for discrimination of 30 multidrug-resistant clinical isolates of Staphylococcus epidermidis . The results of MLVA were congruent with results obtained by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE). MLVA generated discrete character data, and its discriminatory capacity was comparable to that of PFGE.

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