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SUBMITTER: Johansson A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1351942 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Johansson Anders A Koskiniemi Satu S Gottfridsson Per P Wiström Johan J Monsen Tor T
Journal of clinical microbiology 20060101 1
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. ...[more]